Where does โ€œesquilaโ€ come from?

esquila (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese esquilar, from Spanish esquilar, from Old Spanish esquirar, from Gothic ๐ƒ๐Œบ๐Œฐ๐Œน๐‚๐Œฐ๐Œฝ, from Proto-Germanic skeranฤ…, from Proto-Indo-European sแธฑer- โ€” to caw, crow.

esquila (Portuguese): shear; female equivalent of esquilo

Definitions

  1. shear; female equivalent of esquilo

Ancestry of โ€œesquilaโ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseesquilarto shear
2Spanishesquilarto shear; to climb
3Old Spanishesquirarโ€”
4Gothic๐ƒ๐Œบ๐Œฐ๐Œน๐‚๐Œฐ๐Œฝโ€”
5Proto-Germanicskeranฤ…to shear
6Proto-Indo-Europeansแธฑer-to caw, crow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sแธฑer- โ†’Every word from Proto-Germanic skeranฤ… โ†’Every word from Gothic ๐ƒ๐Œบ๐Œฐ๐Œน๐‚๐Œฐ๐Œฝ โ†’