Where does “riña” come from?

riña (Spanish) comes from Spanish -a, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

riña (Spanish): fight, struggle

Definitions

  1. fight, struggle

Ancestry of “riña”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-a-ess used to form feminine singular nouns; used...
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Spanish -a →