Where does “pajais” come from?
pajais (Romansch) comes from Vulgar Latin pagenses, from Latin pāgēnsis, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.
pajais (Romansch): country, land
Definitions
- country, land
Ancestry of “pajais”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | pagenses | — |
| 2 | Latin | pāgēnsis | peasant, countryfolk |
| 3 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 4 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 5 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 6 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |