Where does “āla” come from?

āla (Latin) comes from Latin axla, from Latin axis, from Proto-Italic aksis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

āla (Latin): a wing appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly

Definitions

  1. a wing appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly

Ancestry of “āla”, step by step

āla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin axla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaxla—
2LatinaxisAn axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North...
3Proto-Italicaksis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱs-axis, axle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Latin eō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineōto go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)
2Proto-ItaliceōI go
3Proto-Italicejō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “āla”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs- →Every word from Proto-Italic aksis →