Where does “cão-guia” come from?
cão-guia (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese guia, from Portuguese guiar, from Old Portuguese guiar, from Old French guier, from Occitan guida, from Occitan guidar, from Frankish wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną — to see.
cão-guia (Portuguese): guide dog dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Definitions
- guide dog dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Ancestry of “cão-guia”, step by step
cão-guia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese guia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | guia | guide; leash |
| 2 | Portuguese | guiar | to lead; to guide; to direct; to drive; to guide |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | guiar | — |
| 4 | Old French | guier | to guide |
| 5 | Occitan | guida | — |
| 6 | Occitan | guidar | to guide, to lead |
| 7 | Frankish | wītan | to show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |