Where does “can de palleiro” come from?
can de palleiro (Galician) comes from Galician can, from Old Portuguese can, from Latin canem, from Latin canis, from Latin canes, from Latin cano, from Proto-Italic kanō, from Proto-Germanic kanô — a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub.
can de palleiro (Galician): a local Galician breed of dogs, usually used as cow shepherds and home guardians
Definitions
- a local Galician breed of dogs, usually used as cow shepherds and home guardians
Ancestry of “can de palleiro”, step by step
can de palleiro traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician can
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | can | dog; 20th century 5, 10 cents of peseta coin; how |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | can | dog |
| 3 | Latin | canem | accusative singular of canis |
| 4 | Latin | canis | a dog, a hound; a dog, a hound, a bounder, a... |
| 5 | Latin | canes | Alternative form of canis;... |
| 6 | Latin | cano | to sing, recite, play |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kanō | to sing |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kanô | vessel, vat, tub; boat |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gan- | a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub |
via Galician de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | de | of, from |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | de | of |
| 3 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 4 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 5 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Galician palleiro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | palleiro | conical haystack, assembled so as to preserve the... |
| 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 |