Where does “woalka” come from?

woalka (Polish) comes from Polish woal, from French voile, from Old French voile, from Vulgar Latin vela, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.

woalka (Polish): veil

Definitions

  1. veil

Ancestry of “woalka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwoalvoile
2Frenchvoileveil; sail; sailing
3Old Frenchvoilesail
4Vulgar Latinvelasynonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative...
5Latinvēluma cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
6Proto-Italic*wekslom—
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