Where does “espigo” come from?

espigo (Galician) comes from Galician espiga, from Old Portuguese espiga, from Latin spīca, from Proto-Italic speikā, from Proto-Indo-European spey- — sharp point, stick.

espigo (Galician): tang (of a knife or tool)

Definitions

  1. tang (of a knife or tool)

Ancestry of “espigo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianespigaspike; part of the axis that protrudes past the...
2Old Portugueseespigaspike
3Latinspīcaa head, ear, spike
4Proto-Italicspeikā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspey-sharp point, stick

Words derived from “espigo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spey- →Every word from Proto-Italic speikā →Every word from Latin spīca →