Where does “poñente” come from?

poñente (Galician) comes from Latin pōnēns, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

poñente (Galician): west

Definitions

  1. west

Ancestry of “poñente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpōnēnsputting; placing
2Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
3Proto-Italicpoznō—
4Proto-Italicpozinō—
5Proto-Italicsinō—
Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →Every word from Proto-Italic pozinō →Every word from Proto-Italic poznō →