Where does “nervio” come from?

nervio (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese nervo, from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.

nervio (Galician): nerve; vein, nerve; tendon

Definitions

  1. nerve; vein, nerve; tendon

Ancestry of “nervio”, step by step

nervio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese nervo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesenervo—
2LatinnervusA sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
3Proto-Indo-European(s)new-—

via Old Portuguese nervio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesenervio—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)new- →Every word from Latin nervus →Every word from Old Portuguese nervo →