Where does “sabedor” come from?

sabedor (Galician) comes from Galician -dor, from Galician cortar, from Old Portuguese cortar, from Latin curto, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

sabedor (Galician): knowledgeable; informed

Definitions

  1. knowledgeable; informed

Ancestry of “sabedor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galician-dor-er, -or
2Galiciancortarto cut
3Old Portuguesecortar—
4LatincurtoI shorten, cut short, abbreviate
5Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Latin curto →