Where does “quião” come from?

quião (Indo-Portuguese) comes from Portuguese quinhão, from Old Portuguese quinnon, from Latin quinio, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

quião (Indo-Portuguese): share

Definitions

  1. share

Ancestry of “quião”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesequinhãoshare, portion, part
2Old Portuguesequinnon—
3LatinquinioThe number five (e.g. on a die)
4Latin-iō—
5Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →