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Where does “piroga” come from?

piroga (Italian) comes from French pirogue, from Spanish piragua, from Spanish agua, from Old Spanish agua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

piroga (Italian): dugout canoe

Definitions

  1. dugout canoe

Ancestry of “piroga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpiroguepirogue made by hollowing a log; any canoe
2Spanishpiraguapirogue; piragua
3Spanishaguawater; body of water; rain
4Old Spanishaguawater
5Latinaquawater
6Proto-Italicakʷāwater
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water
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