seda
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- silk fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod
- silk fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers
- thin string long, very thin, and flexible structure made from threads twisted together
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish seda inherited from Latin saeta (bristle, animal hair, silk, horsehair) inherited from Proto-Italic *saitā derived from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*séh₂ito-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- setiform English
- *saetāceus (pannus) Latin
- saeta Latin
- saetiger Latin
- seta Latin
- sēta Latin
- sīda Latin
- seta French
- sedosidad Spanish, Castilian
- sedoso Spanish, Castilian
- *séh₂ito- Proto-Indo-European
- síoda Irish
- soie Old French
- sidan Welsh
- sida Old High German
- sīda Old High German
- seda Old Portuguese
- *saitā Proto-Italic
- seda Romansh
- seda Asturian
- seda Old Occitan
- seda Old Spanish
- saita Dalmatian
- seda Aragonese
- seda Chavacano
- sida Karao
- sédoną Taos