Where does “vaina” come from?

vaina (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish vayna, from Latin vāgīna, from Proto-Italic wāgīnā, from Proto-Indo-European wāg- — to be bent.

vaina (Spanish): pod; scabbard, sheath; case, casing

Definitions

  1. pod; scabbard, sheath; case, casing

Ancestry of “vaina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishvaynasheath
2Latinvāgīnasheath; scabbard
3Proto-Italicwāgīnāsheath, scabbard
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwāg-to be bent

Words derived from “vaina

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wāg-Every word from Proto-Italic wāgīnāEvery word from Latin vāgīna
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