Where does “vièlh” come from?
vièlh (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan vielh, from Vulgar Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
vièlh (Occitan): old
Ancestry of “vièlh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Occitan | vielh | old |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | veclus | Syncopic form of vetulus |
| 3 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |