Etymology Explorer › Russian

Where does “по-испански” come from?

по-испански (Russian) comes from Russian испа́нский, from Russian Испа́ния, from Latin Hispānia, from Punic אי שפן — coast of hyraxes.

по-испански (Russian): in Spanish

Definitions

  1. in Spanish

Ancestry of “по-испански”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianиспа́нскийSpanish
2RussianИспа́ния—
3LatinHispānia—
4Punicאי שפןcoast of hyraxes
Every word from Punic אי שפן →