Where does “cerval” come from?

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

cerval (Portuguese): Iberian lynx

Definitions

  1. Iberian lynx

Ancestry of “cerval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincervariusof, pertaining to, or connected with deer
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—

Words derived from “cerval”

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