Where does “sarmentar” come from?

sarmentar (Spanish) comes from Spanish sarmiento, from Latin sarmentum, from Old Latin *sarpmentom, from Latin sarpo, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

sarmentar (Spanish): to gather pruned vine-shoots

Definitions

  1. to gather pruned vine-shoots

Ancestry of “sarmentar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsarmientovine shoot
2Latinsarmentumshoot; twigs, brushwood
3Old Latin*sarpmentom
4LatinsarpoI prune
5Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp-Every word from Latin sarpoEvery word from Old Latin *sarpmentom