Where does “Wandvitesse” come from?

Wandvitesse (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Vitesse, from French vitesse, from French -esse, from Italian -essa, from Portuguese -esa, from Spanish -esa, from Spanish -és, from Spanish política.

Wandvitesse (Luxembourgish): wind speed

Definitions

  1. wind speed

Ancestry of “Wandvitesse”, step by step

Wandvitesse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Vitesse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishVitessespeed
2Frenchvitessespeed; gear
3French-esseused to form nouns describing the condition of...
4Italian-essa-ess
5Portuguese-esafeminine singular of -ês
6Spanish-esafeminine singular of -és
7Spanish-ésForms nouns and adjectives of nationality;...
8Spanishpolíticapolitics; policy; female equivalent of político
9Spanishpolíticopolitical; in-law; politician
10Latinpolīticuspolitical, civil, of the state, relating to civil polity
11Swedishpolitiskpolitical, having to do with politics
12Swedishpolitikpolitics
13Ancient Greekπολιτικόςcivic, constitutional, public; social
14Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
15Ancient Greekπόλιςcity; a whole country, as dependent on and called...
16Proto-Hellenicptóliscity
17Proto-Indo-EuropeantpólHis

via Luxembourgish Wand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishWandwind; wall
2Old High Germanwintwind
3Proto-West Germanicwindwind
4Proto-Germanicwindazwind
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wéh₁n̥tsblowing; that which blows; the wind, air
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wḗh₁tito blow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpólHisEvery word from Proto-Hellenic ptólisEvery word from Ancient Greek πόλις