merda
Galician
/ˈmɛɾ.ða̝/
noun
Definitions
- (vulgar) shit, dung, excrement
- (vulgar) dirt
- (vulgar) crap (all senses)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese *merda inherited from Latin merda (excrement) inherited from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā derived from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (stench).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*smerd-h₂-
Gloss
stench
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *dismerdāre Latin
- merda Latin
- merda(m), merda Latin
- merda Italian
- mierda Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)merd-h₂-, *(s)merd- Proto-Indo-European
- *smerd-h₂- Proto-Indo-European
- merda Catalan, Valencian
- merdento Galician
- *merda Old Portuguese
- merda Old Portuguese
- diznjerdu Aromanian
- *(s)merdā Proto-Italic
- mierda Asturian
- mierde Friulian
- mierda Old Spanish
- miarda Dalmatian