Where does “cĩisa” come from?

cĩisa (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin cinisia, from Latin cinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱen- — to set oneself in motion, arise.

cĩisa (Old Portuguese): ash, ashes

Definitions

  1. ash, ashes

Ancestry of “cĩisa”, step by step

cĩisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin cinisia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latincinisiaashes
2Latinciniscold ashes; ruins of a burned city
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱen-to set oneself in motion, arise

via Classical Latin *cinisia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Latin*cinisia—

Words derived from “cĩisa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱen- →Every word from Latin cinis →Every word from Vulgar Latin cinisia →