Where does “fendere” come from?

fendere (Italian) comes from Spanish hender, from Old Spanish fender, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fendere (Italian): to cut through, pass through; to split, cleave,...

Definitions

  1. to cut through, pass through; to split, cleave,...

Ancestry of “fendere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishhenderTo split, to cleave apart; To crack into pieces;...
2Old Spanishfender—
3Latinfindōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part
4Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fendere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic findō →