Where does “pingar” come from?
pingar (Galician) comes from Vulgar Latin pendicare, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
pingar (Galician): to drip; to drop
Ancestry of “pingar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | pendicare | present active infinitive of *pendicō |
| 2 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 3 | Latin | pendō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |