Where does “soffieria” come from?
soffieria (Italian) comes from Italian soffio, from Italian soffiare, from Latin sufflō, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
soffieria (Italian): blowpipe; glassworks
Ancestry of “soffieria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | soffio | breath; murmur; hiss |
| 2 | Italian | soffiare | to blow; to steal, pinch; to hiss |
| 3 | Latin | sufflō | — |
| 4 | Latin | flō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |