Where does “verberar” come from?

verberar (Spanish) comes from Latin verberō, from Latin verber, from Proto-Indo-European werb-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

verberar (Spanish): to whip, flog

Definitions

  1. to whip, flog

Ancestry of “verberar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinverberōto lash, beat, strike
2Latinverberlash, whip, scourge, rod
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwerb-to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werb- →Every word from Latin verber →