(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, declension-2, masculine) clipping of vitulus marīnus (“seal”)
Pronunciado como (IPA)
[ˈwɪ.tʊ.ɫʊs]
Etimologia (Inglês)
From Proto-Italic *wetelos, from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”), same source as Ancient Greek ἔταλον (étalon), Albanian viç, English wether, Scots weddir, woddir, wadder (“wether”), Dutch weder, weer (“wether”), German Widder (“wether, ram”), Swedish vädur (“wether, ram”), Icelandic veður (“wether, ram”). See also Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλός (Ītalós).