Where does “vaíña” come from?

vaíña (Galician) comes from Portuguese bainha, from Latin vāgīna, from Proto-Italic wāgīnā, from Proto-Indo-European wāg- — to be bent.

vaíña (Galician): sheath, scabbard

Definitions

  1. sheath, scabbard

Ancestry of “vaíña”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebainhasheath, scabbard; hem
2Latinvāgīnasheath; scabbard
3Proto-Italicwāgīnāsheath, scabbard
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwāg-to be bent

Words derived from “vaíña”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wāg- →Every word from Proto-Italic wāgīnā →Every word from Latin vāgīna →