Where does “coobra” come from?

coobra (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin colobra, from Latin colubra, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

coobra (Old Portuguese): snake

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “coobra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latincolobra—
2Latincolubraa female snake, serpent; snake, serpent
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “coobra”

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