Where does “bela” come from?

bela (Mirandese) comes from Vulgar Latin vela, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.

bela (Mirandese): sail; sail, blade of a windmill; spark plug

Definitions

  1. sail; sail, blade of a windmill; spark plug

Ancestry of “bela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinvelasynonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative...
2Latinvēluma cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
3Proto-Italic*wekslom—
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