Where does “nevar” come from?
nevar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese nevar, from Vulgar Latin nivare, from Latin nix, from Proto-Italic sniks, from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs — snow.
nevar (Galician): to snow; first/third-person singular future...
Definitions
- to snow; first/third-person singular future...
Ancestry of “nevar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | nevar | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | nivare | present active infinitive of *nivō |
| 3 | Latin | nix | snow; white hair |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sniks | snow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | snígʷʰs | snow |
Words derived from “nevar”