Where does “alwetta” come from?

alwetta (Maltese) comes from French alouette, from Old French aloëte, from Old French aloe, from Latin alauda, from Gaulish *alawda — A skylark.

alwetta (Maltese): lark

Definitions

  1. lark

Ancestry of “alwetta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalouettelark; and a partridge in a pear tree
2Old FrenchaloëteAlternative form of aloete
3Old Frenchaloelark
4LatinalaudaA lark; the crested lark, the skylark
5Gaulish*alawdaA skylark
Every word from Gaulish *alawda →Every word from Latin alauda →Every word from Old French aloe →