Where does “lhug” come from?

lhug (Yola) comes from Irish log, from Old Irish loc, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

lhug (Yola): hollow, low ground

Definitions

  1. hollow, low ground

Ancestry of “lhug”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishlogplace; hollow
2Old Irishlocplace
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus—
5Proto-Italicstlokos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-Italic stlokos →Every word from Old Latin stlocus →