Where does “likwidu” come from?

likwidu (Maltese) comes from Italian liquido, from Latin liquidus, from Latin liqueō, from Proto-Italic wlikʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.

likwidu (Maltese): liquid

Definitions

  1. liquid

Ancestry of “likwidu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianliquidoliquid; runny; liquid, fluid
2Latinliquidusliquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent,...
3Latinliqueōto be liquid, fluid
4Proto-Italicwlikʷēō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti →Every word from Proto-Italic wlikʷēō →