Where does “ulevi” come from?

ulevi (Swahili) comes from Polish lewa, from French levée, from French lever, from Middle French lever, from Old French lever, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis — light.

ulevi (Swahili): alcoholism

Definitions

  1. alcoholism

Ancestry of “ulevi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishlewatrick; genitive singular of lew; inflection of...
2Frenchlevéeremoval; levee; feminine singular of the past...
3FrenchleverTo raise, lift; To rise, stand up; To get up
4Middle Frenchleverto lift
5Old Frenchleverto lift; to get up
6Latinlevōto raise, elevate, lift up
7Latinlēvislight, not heavy
8Proto-Italicleɣʷislight
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁léngʰuslightweight
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ-