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Where does “içar” come from?

içar (Portuguese) comes from French hisser, from German hissen, from Middle Low German hissen.

içar (Portuguese): to hoist, to raise

Definitions

  1. to hoist, to raise

Ancestry of “içar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhisserto hoist, to raise; to rise through the ranks
2Germanhissento hoist
3Middle Low Germanhissen—
Every word from Middle Low German hissen →