Where does “ojalar” come from?

ojalar (Spanish) comes from Spanish ojal, from Spanish ojo, from Old Spanish ojo, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic okʷelos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

ojalar (Spanish): to make and form buttonholes

Definitions

  1. to make and form buttonholes

Ancestry of “ojalar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishojalbuttonhole, eyelet; loop
2Spanishojoeye; keyhole; caution
3Old Spanishojoeye
4Vulgar Latinocluseye; Alternative form of oculus
5LatinoculusAn eye; the power of sight; a spot resembling an...
6Proto-Italicokʷeloseye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ-