Where does “fendi” come from?
fendi (Esperanto) comes from French fendre, from Italian fendere, from Spanish hender, from Old Spanish fender, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.
fendi (Esperanto): to split
Definitions
- to split
Ancestry of “fendi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fendre | to split, to chop (wood), to crack |
| 2 | Italian | fendere | to cut through, pass through; to split, cleave,... |
| 3 | Spanish | hender | To split, to cleave apart; To crack into pieces;... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | fender | — |
| 5 | Latin | findō | to cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | findō | split, cleave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |