Where does “fendre” come from?

fendre (Catalan) comes from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fendre (Catalan): to split, to cleave

Definitions

  1. to split, to cleave

Ancestry of “fendre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfindōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part
2Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fendre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic findō →
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