Where does “cerviño” come from?

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

cerviño (Galician): tawny

Definitions

  1. tawny

Ancestry of “cerviño”, step by step

cerviño traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician cervo

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—

via Latin cervīnus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincervīnusOf or pertaining to a deer
2Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
3Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
4Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
5Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin cervus →