Where does “spintelė” come from?
spintelė (Lithuanian) comes from Italian spinta, from Italian spingere, from Latin expingo, from Latin pangō, from Proto-Italic pangō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.
spintelė (Lithuanian): cupboard
Definitions
- cupboard
Ancestry of “spintelė”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | spinta | feminine singular of spinto; push, thrust, shove;... |
| 2 | Italian | spingere | to push, press; to shove; to drive, lead |
| 3 | Latin | expingo | to portray, depict |
| 4 | Latin | pangō | to fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force in |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pangō | to fasten, to fix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |