Where does “faiar” come from?

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

faiar (Galician): to tile with boards

Definitions

  1. to tile with boards

Ancestry of “faiar”, step by step

faiar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician faia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianfaiabeech, especially the common beech
2Old Portuguesefaia
3Latinfageabeech
4Latinfāgusbeech tree
5Proto-Italicfāgos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

via Portuguese faia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefaiabeech
2Portuguese-alappended to noun X, forms adjectives meaning “of...
3Old Portuguese-al
4Latin-ālis
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “faiar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵosEvery word from Proto-Italic fāgosEvery word from Latin fāgus