Where does “fortecs” come from?

fortecs (Welsh) comes from English vortex, from Latin vortex, from Latin vortō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

fortecs (Welsh): vortex

Definitions

  1. vortex

Ancestry of “fortecs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvortexA whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving...
2Latinvortexwhirlpool, eddy, vortex
3Latinvortō
4Proto-Italicwertōto turn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-
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