Where does “kastanyo” come from?

kastanyo (Tagalog) comes from Spanish castaño, from Latin castaneus, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

kastanyo (Tagalog): chestnut tree

Definitions

  1. chestnut tree

Ancestry of “kastanyo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcastañobrown; chestnut
2Latincastaneuschestnut; brown
3Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
4Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →