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Where does “forno” come from?

forno (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese forno, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

forno (Galician): oven; bakery; kiln

Definitions

  1. oven; bakery; kiln

Ancestry of “forno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefornofurnace
2Latinfurnusoven; bakery
3Proto-Italicfornos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
5Indo-European*gʷʰer-—
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →