| Word | caelum |
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| Meaning | sky, heaven, vault of heaven |
| Notes/Remarks |
The origin of this word is unknown |
| See also |
Etruscan: cel-
‘heaven’ Proto-Italic: *kailo ‘sky’ |
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Comments |
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| It is unclear whether the word is inherited from PIE or a loan from a non-IE language. | |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| sol ‘sun’, luna ‘moon’, stella ‘star’, nubes ‘cloud’, nebula ‘cloud’, cālīgō ‘fog’, tenebrae ‘fog’, nix ‘snow’, astrum ‘star, constellation’, caelestis ‘heavenly, celestial’ | |