Where does “abaladiça” come from?
abaladiça (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese abalado, from Portuguese abalar, from Old Portuguese abalar, from Vulgar Latin advallo, from Latin vallis, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.
abaladiça (Portuguese): one for the road
Definitions
- one for the road
Ancestry of “abaladiça”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | abalado | shaken, stunned, dazed |
| 2 | Portuguese | abalar | to shake; to affect, unsettle, shock |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | abalar | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | advallo | — |
| 5 | Latin | vallis | valley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | to roll, to undulate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |