huelga

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Spanish word huelga comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-, and later Latin follico (I pant, blow, breathe.)

*bʰelǵʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)

to swell

follem (Latin)

follico (Latin)

I pant, blow, breathe.

follicare (Late Latin)

holgar (Spanish)

To rest (after labor), to be idle.

huelga (Spanish)

Strike (work stoppage).

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