Where does “silvar” come from?

silvar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese silvar, from Latin sībilō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

silvar (Portuguese): to hiss; to whistle

Definitions

  1. to hiss; to whistle

Ancestry of “silvar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesilvar—
2Latinsībilōto hiss
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin sībilō →