Where does “vailyi” come from?
vailyi (Norman) comes from Norman vaile, from Old French voile, from Vulgar Latin vela, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.
vailyi (Norman): sailing ship; sailmaker
Ancestry of “vailyi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norman | vaile | sail |
| 2 | Old French | voile | sail |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | vela | synonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative... |
| 4 | Latin | vēlum | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *wekslom | — |