Where does “feroès” come from?
feroès (Catalan) comes from Catalan és, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
feroès (Catalan): Faroese; of or relating to the Faroe Islands;...
Definitions
- Faroese; of or relating to the Faroe Islands;...
Ancestry of “feroès”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | és | |
| 2 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |