Where does “hedra” come from?
hedra (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese edra, from Latin hedera, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰed- — to defecate.
hedra (Galician): ivy
Ancestry of “hedra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | edra | — |
| 2 | Latin | hedera | ivy |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰed- | to defecate |