Where does “fiar” come from?
fiar (Galician) comes from Old Occitan fiar, from Vulgar Latin fidare, from Latin fīdō, from Proto-Italic feiðō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéydʰeti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeydʰ- — to compel, force; to trust.
fiar (Galician): to spin; to string together, put together; to...
Definitions
- to spin; to string together, put together; to...
Ancestry of “fiar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Occitan | fiar | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | fidare | — |
| 3 | Latin | fīdō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | feiðō | to trust |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéydʰeti | to trust |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeydʰ- | to compel, force; to trust |