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Where does “bufeta” come from?

bufeta (Catalan) comes from Catalan ETA, from Basque eta, from Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European éti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁é, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe.

bufeta (Catalan): bladder

Definitions

  1. bladder

Ancestry of “bufeta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalanETA—
2Basqueetaand; plus, and; upon, after
3Latinetand; plus; though, even if
4Proto-Indo-Europeanétibeyond; over
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éand, then
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰe—
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