Where does “guadaña” come from?
guadaña (Spanish) comes from Frankish waiþanjan, from Proto-Germanic waiþō, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
guadaña (Spanish): scythe
Ancestry of “guadaña”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Frankish | waiþanjan | to hunt, graze; get food; to pasture, graze, hunt... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | waiþō | a hunt, pursuit, chase; a pasture, grassland,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
Words derived from “guadaña”