Where does “extraviar” come from?

extraviar (Catalan) comes from Catalan via, from Latin viā, from Proto-Italic *wiā, from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

extraviar (Catalan): to mislead, to lose

Definitions

  1. to mislead, to lose

Ancestry of “extraviar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanvialane; way, path; railway track
2Latinviāroad, street, path
3Proto-Italic*wiāroad
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwih₁eh₂-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic *wiā →