Where does “laceira” come from?
laceira (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese lazeyra, from Vulgar Latin laceria, from Latin lacer, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂k-.
laceira (Galician): misery
Ancestry of “laceira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | lazeyra | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | laceria | — |
| 3 | Latin | lacer | lacerated, mangled, torn to pieces |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *leh₂k- | — |