Where does “cerva” come from?

cerva (Portuguese) comes from Latin cerva, from Latin cervus, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

cerva (Portuguese): doe; hind

Definitions

  1. doe; hind

Ancestry of “cerva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincervaa female deer, doe, hind
2Latincervusdeer, stag; forked stakes; cheval de frise
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin cervus →