Etymology Explorer โ€บ Portuguese

Where does โ€œtosquiarโ€ come from?

tosquiar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese trosquiar, from Gothic ๐ƒ๐Œบ๐Œฐ๐Œน๐‚๐Œฐ๐Œฝ, from Proto-Germanic skeranฤ…, from Proto-Indo-European sแธฑer- โ€” to caw, crow.

tosquiar (Portuguese): to shear

Definitions

  1. to shear

Ancestry of โ€œtosquiarโ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetrosquiarโ€”
2Gothic๐ƒ๐Œบ๐Œฐ๐Œน๐‚๐Œฐ๐Œฝโ€”
3Proto-Germanicskeranฤ…to shear
4Proto-Indo-Europeansแธฑer-to caw, crow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sแธฑer- โ†’