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Where does “furna” come from?

furna (Galician) comes from Latin fornix, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

furna (Galician): grotto, cave; cove; precipice

Definitions

  1. grotto, cave; cove; precipice

Ancestry of “furna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfornixarch, vault; brothel
2Latinfurnusoven; bakery
3Proto-Italicfornos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
5Indo-European*gʷʰer-—
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →