Where does “chaga” come from?

chaga (Galician) comes from Old Occitan chaga, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

chaga (Galician): sore; open wound

Definitions

  1. sore; open wound

Ancestry of “chaga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanchaga
2Latinplāgaplague, misfortune
3Latinplagius
4Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐοςEvery word from Ancient Greek πλάγιος
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