Where does “lait” come from?

lait (Piedmontese) comes from Late Latin lactis, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

lait (Piedmontese): milk

Definitions

  1. milk

Ancestry of “lait”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinlactis—
2Latinlácmilk
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts →Every word from Latin lác →Every word from Late Latin lactis →