Where does “peliar” come from?

peliar (Asturian) comes from Spanish pelear, from Spanish pelo, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

peliar (Asturian): to fight

Definitions

  1. to fight

Ancestry of “peliar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpelearto fight; to fight, to argue; to fight for, to...
2Spanishpelohair; fur
3Latinpīlusa hair
4Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
5Proto-Italicpistlom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- →Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom →