Where does “botellinus” come from?

botellinus (Latin) comes from Latin botellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “botellinus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbotellusa small sausage
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “botellinus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós