Where does “chufar” come from?

chufar (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin sufilare, from Latin sībilāre, from Latin sībilus, from Proto-Indo-European sweysd- — to hiss.

Ancestry of “chufar”, step by step

chufar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin sufilare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinsufilare—
2Latinsībilāre—
3Latinsībilusa hissing, whistling
4Proto-Indo-Europeansweysd-to hiss

via Aragonese chuflar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aragonesechuflar—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweysd- →Every word from Latin sībilus →Every word from Latin sībilāre →