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Where does “la” come from?

la (Late Latin) comes from Gaulish mēnā, from Proto-Celtic *meinis, from Proto-Indo-European mēy(H)nis, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mēy(H)- — to cut, hew.

la (Late Latin): noise and clamor at a wedding

Definitions

  1. noise and clamor at a wedding

Ancestry of “la”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gaulishmēnāore, mine
2Proto-Celtic*meinis—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy(H)nis—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mēy(H)-to cut, hew

Words derived from “la”

  • fontana
  • fontaniere
  • aucun
  • archevêque
  • archevêché
  • aucune
  • aucunement
  • fünfminütig
  • Minute
  • Schweigeminute
  • minütlich
  • basalten
  • Basalt
  • zehnminütig
  • basalthaltig
  • dreiminütig
  • dreißigminütig
  • fünfzehnminütig
  • zweiminütig
  • Krawall
  • Basaltgestein
  • basaltisch
  • vierminütig
  • einminütig
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