Where does “gallineta” come from?

gallineta (Spanish) comes from Spanish gallina, from Latin gallina, from Latin gallus, from Proto-Italic galso-, from Proto-Indo-European gl̥s-o-, from Proto-Indo-European gols-o-.

gallineta (Spanish): any of a number of species of bird, including some coots, moorhens, rails, crakes

Definitions

any of a number of species of bird, including some coots, moorhens, rails, crakes

Ancestry of “gallineta”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	gallina	hen; chicken
2	Latin	gallina	hen
3	Latin	gallus	a cock, rooster; a Gaul, an inhabitant of Gaul; a...
4	Proto-Italic	galso-	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	gl̥s-o-	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	gols-o-	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gols-o- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gl̥s-o- →Every word from Proto-Italic galso- →