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Where does “selombra” come from?

selombra (Mirandese) comes from Old Occitan solombra, from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.

selombra (Mirandese): shadow

Definitions

  1. shadow

Ancestry of “selombra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitansolombra—
2Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
3Old Latinomra—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →