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Where does “fenedura” come from?

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

fenedura (Catalan): crack, crevice

Definitions

  1. crack, crevice

Ancestry of “fenedura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanfendreto split, to cleave
2Latinfindō—
3Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
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