Where does “sciummo” come from?

sciummo (Neapolitan) comes from Latin Flūmen, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

sciummo (Neapolitan): river: a stream with perennial spring

Definitions

  1. river: a stream with perennial spring

Ancestry of “sciummo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinFlūmena river
2Latinfluōto flow, stream, pour
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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