Where does “vieira” come from?

vieira (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese vẽeyra, from Medieval Latin conchula, from Latin veneria, from Latin venus, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

vieira (Galician): great scallop, St James shell

Definitions

  1. great scallop, St James shell

Ancestry of “vieira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesevẽeyra—
2Medieval Latinconchula—
3Latinveneria—
4Latinvenussale, purchase
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

Words derived from “vieira”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →Every word from Latin venus →Every word from Latin veneria →