Where does “sorva” come from?

sorva (Portuguese) comes from Latin sorbum, from Latin sorbus, from Indo-European *ser-.

sorva (Portuguese): rowan; cow tree

Definitions

  1. rowan; cow tree

Ancestry of “sorva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsorbumsorb, fruit of the service tree
2Latinsorbussorb; service tree; "Sorbus domestica"
3Indo-European*ser-—

Words derived from “sorva”

Every word from Indo-European *ser- →Every word from Latin sorbus →Every word from Latin sorbum →