Where does “xuegu” come from?

xuegu (Asturian) comes from Latin jocus, from Proto-Italic jokos, from Proto-Indo-European yokos, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

xuegu (Asturian): game; set

Definitions

  1. game; set

Ancestry of “xuegu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinjocusAlternative spelling of iocus; joke, jest
2Proto-Italicjokosword, saying
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyokosword, utterance
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yokos →Every word from Proto-Italic jokos →