Where does “malherir” come from?

malherir (Spanish) comes from Spanish mal, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

malherir (Spanish): to injure fatally, mortally wound

Definitions

  1. to injure fatally, mortally wound

Ancestry of “malherir”, step by step

malherir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish mal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishmalApocopic form of malo bad; evil; amiss, awry,...
2Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
3Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
4Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
5Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
6Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

via Spanish herir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishherirto wound, injure; to hurt, offend, wound
2Old Spanishferir
3Latinferirepresent active infinitive of feriō; second-person...
4LatinferioI hit, I strike, I smite, I beat, I knock; I cut,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-
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