Where does “turrar” come from?
turrar (Galician) comes from Portuguese empurrar, from Spanish empujar, from Latin impulsāre, from Latin pulsāre, from Latin pulsus, from Latin pellō, from Proto-Italic pelnō, from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
turrar (Galician): to pull
Definitions
- to pull
Ancestry of “turrar”, step by step
turrar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese empurrar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | empurrar | to push; to sell a product that is overpriced... |
| 2 | Spanish | empujar | to push, to shove, to jostle; to nudge |
| 3 | Latin | impulsāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | pulsāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pulsus | pulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked... |
| 6 | Latin | pellō | to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pelnō | approach, go to; bring close |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |