Where does “barina” come from?
barina (Hiligaynon) comes from Spanish barrena, from Mozarabic barrina, from Latin veruina, from Latin verū, from Proto-Italic gʷeru, from Proto-Indo-European gʷéru — spit, skewer; spear, throwing spear.
barina (Hiligaynon): awl, drill
Ancestry of “barina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | barrena | drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece;... |
| 2 | Mozarabic | barrina | — |
| 3 | Latin | veruina | — |
| 4 | Latin | verū | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gʷeru | spit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷéru | spit, skewer; spear, throwing spear |