Where does “janelo” come from?

janelo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Janela, from Old Portuguese janella, from Vulgar Latin ianuella, from Latin iānua, from Latin Iānus, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

janelo (Portuguese): a hatch

Definitions

  1. a hatch

Ancestry of “janelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseJanelawindow
2Old Portuguesejanellawindow
3Vulgar Latinianuellawindow
4Latiniānuaany double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city)
5LatinIānus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Latin Iānus →Every word from Latin iānua →