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
Ancestry of “selombra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | solombra | — |
| 2 | Latin | umbra | a shadow; a shade; a ghost |
| 3 | Old Latin | omra | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂mr-u- | — |