Where does “faia” come from?

faia (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese faia, from Latin fagea, from Latin fāgus, from Proto-Italic fāgos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

faia (Galician): beech, especially the common beech

Definitions

  1. beech, especially the common beech

Ancestry of “faia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefaia—
2Latinfageabeech
3Latinfāgusbeech tree
4Proto-Italicfāgos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

Words derived from “faia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Italic fāgos →Every word from Latin fāgus →