Where does “ril” come from?

ril (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese rẽil, from Vulgar Latin renile, from Latin rēn, from Proto-Italic hrēn, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰren- — soul, mind; mind; an internal part of the body.

ril (Galician): kidney

Definitions

  1. kidney

Ancestry of “ril”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueserẽil—
2Vulgar Latinrenile—
3Latinrēnkidney
4Proto-Italichrēn—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰren-soul, mind; mind; an internal part of the body
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰren- →Every word from Proto-Italic hrēn →Every word from Latin rēn →