Where does “pernil” come from?

pernil (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -il, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

pernil (Portuguese): meat from the thigh of quadrupeds

Definitions

  1. meat from the thigh of quadrupeds

Ancestry of “pernil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-il-ile
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →