Where does “dentar” come from?

dentar (Catalan) comes from Catalan dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

dentar (Catalan): to teethe grow teeth

Definitions

  1. to teethe grow teeth

Ancestry of “dentar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalandenttooth
2Latindēnsa tooth
3Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
4Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
5Proto-Italicdentstooth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “dentar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →