Where does “cervia” come from?

cervia (Italian) comes from Late Latin cervia, from Latin cervus, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

cervia (Italian): hind female deer

Definitions

  1. hind female deer

Ancestry of “cervia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincervia—
2Latincervusdeer, stag; forked stakes; cheval de frise
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin cervus →
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