lenha
Portuguese
/ˈle.ɲɐ/
noun
Definitions
- firewood
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese lenna (firewood) inherited from Latin ligna derived from Proto-Indo-European *leg-no (that which is collected).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leg-no
Gloss
that which is collected
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ligna Latin
- lignum Latin
- legna Italian
- legnaia Italian
- taglialegna Italian
- leña Spanish, Castilian
- *leg-no Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ-no- Proto-Indo-European
- llenya Catalan, Valencian
- llenyataire Catalan, Valencian
- llenyós Catalan, Valencian
- leña Galician
- lemn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lemnar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lemnet Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lemnos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lemnărie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lenna Old Portuguese
- ligna Sicilian
- łégna Venetian
- lënia Ladin
- lìgna Istriot