Where does “cerva” come from?

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

cerva (Latin): a female deer, doe, hind

Definitions

  1. a female deer, doe, hind

Ancestry of “cerva”, 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 “cerva”

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