Where does “Wotawal” come from?
Wotawal (Plautdietsch) comes from Bislama wota, from Spanish bota, from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Wotawal (Plautdietsch): wave of water
Definitions
- wave of water
Ancestry of “Wotawal”, step by step
Wotawal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bislama wota
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bislama | wota | water |
| 2 | Spanish | bota | boot; wineskin, bota bag; soft pouch, usually... |
| 3 | French | botte | boot; something resembling a boot; oppression |
| 4 | Italian | botta | blow, hit, shock, knock, attack |
| 5 | Italian | bottare | — |
| 6 | French | bouter | to push; to remove flesh from the skin of an... |
| 7 | Middle French | bouter | to pull |
| 8 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 9 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |