Portuguese cheirar

← Catalan flairar (cognate)

← English flair (cognate)

← French flairer (cognate)

← Old French flair (cognate)

← Galician cheirar (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂g- (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *-ro- (mention)

← Latin frāgrō (inherited)

← Occitan flairar (cognate)

← Old Portuguese cheirar (inherited)

→ Catalan flairar (cognate)

→ Galician cheirar (cognate)

→ Kabuverdianu tchera (derived)

→ Kabuverdianu txera (derived)

→ Kabuverdianu txerá (derived)

→ Guinea-Bissau Creole tcera (derived)

→ Portuguese cheiro (back-formation)

→ Portuguese malcheiroso (affix)