ולויש

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 Galician-Portuguese ollo and Old Spanish ojo.

Noun

ולויש (walyo) m

1. eye
   • 10th century, Yosef al-Katib:

     enfermeron welyos giros

     (My) joyful eyes got sick