Where does “suroeste” come from?
suroeste (Galician) comes from Galician oeste, from French ouest, from Middle French ouest, from Old French west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz.
suroeste (Galician): southwest
Definitions
- southwest
Ancestry of “suroeste”, step by step
suroeste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician oeste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | oeste | west; the western portion of a territory or... |
| 2 | French | ouest | west |
| 3 | Middle French | ouest | — |
| 4 | Old French | west | west |
| 5 | Old English | west | west |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *westr | western, westernly |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | westrą | west; west, westward |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | westraz | west, western |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |