Where does “aventar” come from?

aventar (Galician) comes from Galician ventá, from Old Portuguese ventãa, from Latin ventāna, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

aventar (Galician): to grap (a cow or another animal) by the nostrils

Definitions

  1. to grap (a cow or another animal) by the nostrils

Ancestry of “aventar”, step by step

aventar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician ventá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianventáwindow; nostril
2Old Portugueseventãawindow
3Latinventānaaperture, vent
4Latinventusa wind; arrival
5Proto-Italicwentoswind
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wéh₁n̥tsblowing; that which blows; the wind, air
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wḗh₁tito blow
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

via Galician vento

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianventowind
2Old Portuguesevento—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts →