Where does “leiteira” come from?

leiteira (Fala) comes from Fala leiti, from Old Portuguese leite, from Vulgar Latin lactem, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

leiteira (Fala): milk churn

Definitions

  1. milk churn

Ancestry of “leiteira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Falaleitimilk
2Old Portugueseleite
3Vulgar Latinlactemfirst-person singular present active subjunctive...
4Latinlácmilk
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵláktsEvery word from Latin lácEvery word from Vulgar Latin lactem
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