welyo

Mozarabic

Alternative forms

  • walyo

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin oclus (“eye”), from Latin oculus (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Compare Old Portuguese ollo and Old Spanish ojo.

Noun

welyo m (Arabic spelling اُيلجو)

  1. eye
    • 10th century, Yosef al-Katib:
      enfermaron welyos gayos
      (My) joyful eyes got sick
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