Where does “aya” come from?
aya (Papiamentu) comes from Portuguese alá, from Latin āla, from Latin axla, from Latin axis, from Proto-Italic aksis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
aya (Papiamentu): there
Definitions
- there
Ancestry of “aya”, step by step
aya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese alá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | alá | Eye dialect spelling of olha lá |
| 2 | Latin | āla | a wing appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly |
| 3 | Latin | axla | — |
| 4 | Latin | axis | An axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | aksis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱs- | axis, axle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via Spanish allá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | allá | there, over there, thither, yonder; then; back... |
| 2 | Latin | illac | that way, that side, there, along that path, in... |
| 3 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |