Where does “cervia” come from?

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

Ancestry of “cervia”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cervia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin cervus →
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