vegétta
Ligurian
/veˈd͡ʒetta/
nouns
Definitions
- little old lady
- (figurative) A chestnut that has been left to dry in its shell.
Etymology
Suffix from Ligurian vêgia (old man) root from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (year, turn).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wet-
Gloss
year, turn
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
年
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- veterānus Latin
- vetulus Latin
- vetus Latin
- vetustus Latin
- vetustātem Latin
- vitulus Latin
- vecchiaccia Italian
- vecchiaccio Italian
- vecchiaia Italian
- vecchierella Italian
- vecchierello Italian
- vecchietta Italian
- vecchietto Italian
- vecchiezza Italian
- vecchiona Italian
- vecchione Italian
- vecchiotto Italian
- vecchiume Italian
- vietume Italian
- *wet- Proto-Indo-European
- *wet-us-o- Proto-Indo-European
- *wetelo- Proto-Indo-European
- *wét-os Proto-Indo-European
- *wétos Proto-Indo-European
- *weþruz Proto-Germanic
- *wōþuz Proto-Germanic
- *vetъxъ Proto-Slavic
- vjet Albanian
- *watsás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wetelos Proto-Italic
- vetušas Lithuanian
- feithid Middle Irish
- *wetusa- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *wetuṣa- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- invegî Ligurian
- invegîo Ligurian
- vegiàia Ligurian
- vegiòrnia Ligurian
- vegión Ligurian
- vegétto Ligurian
- vitelìn Ligurian
- vêgia Ligurian
- 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 Oscan