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Where does “piar” come from?

piar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese piar, from Vulgar Latin pilare, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

piar (Galician): to tweet, to chirp; to covet; to ask; to speak;...

Definitions

  1. to tweet, to chirp; to covet; to ask; to speak;...

Ancestry of “piar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepiar—
2Vulgar Latinpilarea pillar
3Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
4Latinpīlus—
5Latinpīlum—
6Proto-Italicpistlom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
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