Where does “anduriña” come from?

anduriña (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese andorỹa, from Latin harundina, from Latin hirundō — swallow (bird).

anduriña (Galician): barn swallow; a sheep who guides the flock

Definitions

  1. barn swallow; a sheep who guides the flock

Ancestry of “anduriña”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseandorỹaswallow
2Latinharundina—
3Latinhirundōswallow (bird)

Words derived from “anduriña”

Every word from Latin hirundō →Every word from Latin harundina →Every word from Old Portuguese andorỹa →