Where does “noguerenc” come from?

noguerenc (Catalan) comes from Spanish noguera, from Latin nucaria, from Latin nux, from Proto-Italic knuks, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Ancestry of “noguerenc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnoguerawalnut
2Latinnucaria—
3LatinnuxA nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or...
4Proto-Italicknuksnut
5Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Italic knuks →