Where does “vellicans” come from?

vellicans (Latin) comes from Latin vellico, from Latin vello, from Proto-Italic welnō, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.

vellicans (Latin): plucking, twitching, pinching, nipping

Definitions

  1. plucking, twitching, pinching, nipping

Ancestry of “vellicans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvellicoI pluck, twitch, pinch, nip; I suck
2LatinvelloI pluck out; I depilate; I pull or tear down; I...
3Proto-Italicwelnōto pull, tear
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- →Every word from Proto-Italic welnō →Every word from Latin vello →