Where does “voltapietre” come from?
voltapietre (Italian) comes from Italian voltare, from Vulgar Latin *volvitare, from Latin volvere, from Latin volvo, from Proto-Indo-European welw-, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.
voltapietre (Italian): turnstone
Ancestry of “voltapietre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | voltare | to turn; to flip; to make turn; to rotate |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *volvitare | — |
| 3 | Latin | volvere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | volvo | I roll, tumble |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | welw- | hair, wool, grass, ear , forest; to turn, wind,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |