Where does “quinhão” come from?

quinhão (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese quinnon, from Latin quinio, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

quinhão (Portuguese): share, portion, part

Definitions

  1. share, portion, part

Ancestry of “quinhão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesequinnon—
2LatinquinioThe number five (e.g. on a die)
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “quinhão”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →