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Where does “svelga” come from?

svelga (Italian) comes from Italian svellere, from Vulgar Latin exvellere, from Latin vellere, from Latin vello, from Proto-Italic welnō, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.

svelga (Italian): inflection of svellere: ##...

Definitions

  1. inflection of svellere: ##...

Ancestry of “svelga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansvellereto eradicate, to root
2Vulgar Latinexvellere—
3Latinvellereablative singular of vellus; second-person...
4LatinvelloI pluck out; I depilate; I pull or tear down; I...
5Proto-Italicwelnō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- →