Where does “cranc de riu” come from?
cranc de riu (Catalan) comes from Catalan riu, from Old Occitan riu, from Vulgar Latin rius, from Latin rīvus, from Proto-Italic rīwos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃riH-wó-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reyH-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃er- — to move, to stir; to rise, to spring; to quarrel,...
cranc de riu (Catalan): crayfish
Definitions
- crayfish
Ancestry of “cranc de riu”, step by step
cranc de riu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan riu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | riu | river |
| 2 | Old Occitan | riu | river |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | rius | river |
| 4 | Latin | rīvus | a small stream; brook, stream, rivulet |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | rīwos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃riH-wó-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reyH- | to move, set in motion |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃er- | to move, to stir; to rise, to spring; to quarrel,... |
via Catalan de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | de | The name of the Latin-script letter D; of, from |
| 2 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 3 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 4 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Catalan cranc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | cranc | crab |
| 2 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |