Where does “orelleira” come from?

orelleira (Galician) comes from Galician orella, from Latin auricula, from Latin auris, from Proto-Italic *auzis — ear.

orelleira (Galician): mouldboard; in Galician traditional ploughs, a...

Definitions

  1. mouldboard; in Galician traditional ploughs, a...

Ancestry of “orelleira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianorellaear; Galician sweet fritters typically consumed...
2LatinauriculaThe external part of the ear; ear-lap; The ear...
3Latinaurisear; dative/ablative plural of aura
4Proto-Italic*auzisear
Every word from Proto-Italic *auzis →Every word from Latin auris →Every word from Latin auricula →