Where does “velar” come from?

velar (Swedish) comes from Latin vēlāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

velar (Swedish): velar

Definitions

  1. velar

Ancestry of “velar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvēlārisof or relating to cloths, veils or curtains
2Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
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