Where does “ġġela” come from?

ġġela (Maltese) comes from Italian gelare, from Latin gelō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

ġġela (Maltese): to cover with icing

Definitions

  1. to cover with icing

Ancestry of “ġġela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliangelareTo freeze, to chill, to frost; To freeze; To be...
2Latingelō—
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin gelō →