Where does “paínzo” come from?
paínzo (Galician) comes from Spanish paico, from Late Latin panicium, from Latin pānicum, from Latin -cum, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
paínzo (Galician): millet, foxtail millet; any grass in the genus Panicum
Definitions
- millet, foxtail millet; any grass in the genus Panicum
Ancestry of “paínzo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | paico | epazote |
| 2 | Late Latin | panicium | anything baked; bread, cakes; foxtail millet |
| 3 | Latin | pānicum | Italian millet, foxtail millet (Setaria italica), panicgrass |
| 4 | Latin | -cum | with; suffixed to nouns of any gender, forms... |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |