Where does “lideira” come from?
lideira (Galician) comes from Galician lide, from Galician lidar, from Old Portuguese lidar, from Latin litigare, from Latin litigo, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti — to drive.
lideira (Galician): effort, obstinacy, mania
Ancestry of “lideira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | lide | work; toil; fight |
| 2 | Galician | lidar | to deal with, to handle; to fight, to struggle;... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | lidar | — |
| 4 | Latin | litigare | present active infinitive of lītigō;... |
| 5 | Latin | litigo | I dispute, quarrel; I litigate, sue |
| 6 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |