verb/kanˈdaɾ/
to lock; (of a river, stream, or natural or artificial body of water) to freeze, freeze over.
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *katesnā Latin catēna Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin catēnāre Spanish candar Inherited from Latin catēnāre.