Where does “abafo” come from?

abafo (Galician) comes from Galician á-, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

abafo (Galician): flushing sensation, suffocation

Definitions

  1. flushing sensation, suffocation

Ancestry of “abafo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianá-a- not; without
2Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
3Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ- →Every word from Galician á- →