Where does “fuligem” come from?

fuligem (Portuguese) comes from Latin fūlīgo, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂li-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fuligem (Portuguese): soot

Definitions

  1. soot

Ancestry of “fuligem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfūlīgosoot, lampblack
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂li-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂li- →Every word from Latin fūlīgo →
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