Where does “cheirar” come from?
cheirar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese cheirar, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.
cheirar (Galician): to smell
Definitions
- to smell
Ancestry of “cheirar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | cheirar | to smell |
| 2 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |