Where does “manteiga” come from?

manteiga (Tetum) comes from Portuguese manteiga, from Old Portuguese manteiga.

manteiga (Tetum): butter

Definitions

  1. butter

Ancestry of “manteiga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemanteigabutter
2Old Portuguesemanteiga
Every word from Old Portuguese manteigaEvery word from Portuguese manteiga