Where does “svalvolare” come from?

svalvolare (Italian) comes from Italian valvola, from Latin valva, from Proto-Italic *wolVwā-, from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o-.

svalvolare (Italian): to race, to overrun, to redline of an engine

Definitions

  1. to race, to overrun, to redline of an engine

Ancestry of “svalvolare”, step by step

svalvolare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian valvola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvalvolavalve; fuse; valve, valvule
2Latinvalvadouble or folding door; one leaf of such doors
3Proto-Italic*wolVwā-—
4Proto-Indo-European*wol-ew-o-—

via Italian S

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianSsouth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o- →Every word from Proto-Italic *wolVwā- →Every word from Latin valva →