Where does “hincha” come from?
hincha (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish hinchar, from Old Spanish finchar, from Latin īnflō, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
hincha (Papiamentu): to swell
Definitions
- to swell
Ancestry of “hincha”, step by step
hincha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish hinchar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | hinchar | to inflate or fill with air or liquid; to... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | finchar | to blow into and inflate something, fill with air |
| 3 | Latin | īnflō | to inflate; to blow into |
| 4 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |