Where does “cervato” come from?

cervato (Galician) comes from Galician cervo, from Old Portuguese cervo, from Latin cervus, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

cervato (Galician): a young fawn

Definitions

  1. a young fawn

Ancestry of “cervato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancervodeer
2Old Portuguesecervo—
3Latincervusdeer, stag; forked stakes; cheval de frise
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin cervus →