Where does “bajo de uñas” come from?

bajo de uñas (Spanish) comes from Spanish dé, from Old Spanish de, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti, from Proto-Indo-European pós — afterwards, post; by, at.

bajo de uñas (Spanish): a bass instrument typically plucked with fingers as opposed to played with a bow

Definitions

  1. a bass instrument typically plucked with fingers as opposed to played with a bow

Ancestry of “bajo de uñas”, step by step

bajo de uñas traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishof; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner
2Old Spanishdeof; -'s
3Latinof; concerning; about
4Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
5Latinposteablative singular of postis
6Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via Spanish bajo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbajoshort; low, ground; low, bottom, poor
2LatinBassusthick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base
3Ancient Greekβάσιςstep; rhythm; foot
4Proto-Hellenicgʷə́tisstep
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtisstep, act of walking
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

via Spanish unas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishunasfeminine plural of uno
2Latinūnās
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European póstiEvery word from Proto-Italic posti
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