Where does “solva” come from?

solva (Maltese) comes from Italian solvere, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

solva (Maltese): to solve

Definitions

  1. to solve

Ancestry of “solva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansolvereto melt or loosen; to resolve; to release
2Latinsolvoto loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt
3Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Latin solvo →