Where does “dahar” come from?

dahar (Maltese) comes from Latin Neda, from Proto-Indo-European neygʷ- — to wash.

dahar (Maltese): back

Definitions

  1. back

Ancestry of “dahar”, step by step

dahar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Neda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinNedaA river of Peloponnesus which forms the boundary between Messenia and Elis before flowing into the Ionian Sea
2Proto-Indo-Europeanneygʷ-to wash

via Arabic ظَهْر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicظَهْرback

Words derived from “dahar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European neygʷ- →Every word from Latin Neda →
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