Where does “ferir” come from?

ferir (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese ferir, from Latin feriō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.

ferir (Galician): to injure, wound; to hit, strike, beat

Definitions

  1. to injure, wound; to hit, strike, beat

Ancestry of “ferir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseferir—
2Latinferiōto hit, to strike, to smite, to beat, to knock, injure
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Latin feriō →Every word from Old Portuguese ferir →