Where does “gliuommero” come from?

gliuommero (Neapolitan) comes from Latin glomus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

gliuommero (Neapolitan): ball of string or thread

Definitions

  1. ball of string or thread

Ancestry of “gliuommero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinglomusball-shaped mass; ball of thread, yarn
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- →Every word from Latin glomus →