Where does “cardeña” come from?

cardeña (Galician) comes from Galician cardo, from Latin carduus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

cardeña (Galician): kind of gisarme or polearm used both as a tool and as weapon by the Galician peasants

Definitions

  1. kind of gisarme or polearm used both as a tool and as weapon by the Galician peasants

Ancestry of “cardeña”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancardothistle
2Latincarduusa wild thistle; the artichoke
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Latin carduus →Every word from Galician cardo →