Where does “sonalh” come from?

sonalh (Old Occitan) comes from Vulgar Latin sonaculum, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō — to sound, resound.

Ancestry of “sonalh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinsonaculum—
2Latinsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context)
3Proto-Italic*swonaōto sound, resound

Words derived from “sonalh”

Every word from Proto-Italic *swonaō →Every word from Latin sonō →Every word from Vulgar Latin sonaculum →