Where does “surolí” come from?

surolí (Catalan) comes from Catalan suro, from Latin sūber, from Old High German sūbar, from Proto-West Germanic sūbrī, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks — six.

surolí (Catalan): a natural hybrid of the cork oak (Quercus suber) and the evergreen oak (Quercus ilex)

Definitions

  1. a natural hybrid of the cork oak (Quercus suber) and the evergreen oak (Quercus ilex)

Ancestry of “surolí”, step by step

surolí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan suro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalansurocork
2Latinsūbercork oak, cork-tree
3Old High Germansūbarclean
4Proto-West Germanicsūbrīsober; clean
5Latinsōbriussober (not drunk)
6Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
7Latinsexsix; 6
8Proto-Italicsekssix
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via Catalan alzina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanalzinaholm oak
2Latinilicīna—
3Latinīlexholm oak (Quercus ilex)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →