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