Where does “isqueiro” come from?

isqueiro (Galician) comes from Galician isca, from Old Portuguese isca, from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

isqueiro (Galician): small container for tinder

Definitions

  1. small container for tinder

Ancestry of “isqueiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianiscatinder; bait; shoo!
2Old Portugueseisca
3Latinēscafood
4Latinedōto eat
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis
7Proto-Indo-European-elis
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ilisEvery word from Latin edō
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