Where does “fender” come from?

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

fender (Galician): to split, cleave, rip; to crack; to separate

Definitions

  1. to split, cleave, rip; to crack; to separate

Ancestry of “fender”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefender—
2LatinfindoI cleave, break up, separate, divide, split
3Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fender”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic findō →