Etymology Explorer โ€บ Portuguese

Where does โ€œesquilarโ€ come from?

esquilar (Portuguese) comes 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.

esquilar (Portuguese): to shear

Definitions

  1. to shear

Ancestry of โ€œesquilarโ€, step by step

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