Where does “coitelo” come from?

coitelo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese cuitelo, from Latin cultellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

coitelo (Galician): knife; billhook

Definitions

  1. knife; billhook

Ancestry of “coitelo”, step by step

coitelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese cuitelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecuitelo
2Latincultellussmall knife; dagger
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Old Portuguese coitelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecoiteloknife
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -lusEvery word from Latin cultellus