Where does “auga doce” come from?
auga doce (Galician) comes from Galician auga, from Galician -eiro, from Galician esca, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
auga doce (Galician): fresh water
Definitions
- fresh water
Ancestry of “auga doce”, step by step
auga doce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician auga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | auga | water; baths, hot springs |
| 2 | Galician | -eiro | -er; -eer; forms nouns, from nouns denoting a... |
| 3 | Galician | esca | tinder; bait |
| 4 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 5 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |