Where does “jalona” come from?
jalona (Romanian) comes from French jalonner, from French jalon, from French jaillir, from Latin galīre, from Gaulish gali-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷel-, from Proto-Indo-European kel- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.
jalona (Romanian): to stake out
Definitions
- to stake out
Ancestry of “jalona”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | jalonner | stake out, mark out (to mark off the limits by stakes) |
| 2 | French | jalon | a pole marking the border of a field or a road;... |
| 3 | French | jaillir | to spurt out, gush forth; to spring out; to... |
| 4 | Latin | galīre | — |
| 5 | Gaulish | gali- | boil, gush, well up |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷel- | throat; to swallow; throat; to dribble; gush... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |