Where does “candar” come from?
candar (Spanish) comes from Latin catēnō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
candar (Spanish): to lock
Ancestry of “candar”, step by step
candar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin catēnō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | catēnō | to chain together |
| 2 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via German Zander
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Zander | zander |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *sǫdakъ | zander; any fish of the genus Sander |