Where does “lijar” come from?

lijar (Spanish) comes from Spanish lija, from Spanish lijo, from Latin lixa, from Latin *lixus, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.

lijar (Spanish): to sand

Definitions

  1. to sand

Ancestry of “lijar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlijasandpaper
2Spanishlijo
3Latinlixalye; water; sutler, camp follower, attendant
4Latin*lixusnow the Loukkos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ-Every word from Latin *lixusEvery word from Latin lixa