Where does “chumazo” come from?

chumazo (Galician) comes from Latin plumacium, from Latin plūma, from Proto-Italic plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European plúnksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k-, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

chumazo (Galician): cushion; pillow

Definitions

  1. cushion; pillow

Ancestry of “chumazo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinplumaciumA feather pillow; a down pillow
2Latinplūmafeather, plume
3Proto-Italicplouksmā
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplúnksneh₂feather
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplú-n-k-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “chumazo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-