Where does “fenda” come from?

fenda (Galician) comes from Galician fender, from Old Portuguese fender, from Latin findo, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fenda (Galician): crack; slit, cleft; crack, female genitals, vulva

Definitions

  1. crack; slit, cleft; crack, female genitals, vulva

Ancestry of “fenda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianfenderto split, cleave, rip; to crack; to separate
2Old Portuguesefender—
3LatinfindoI cleave, break up, separate, divide, split
4Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic findō →