Where does “tió de Nadal” come from?
tió de Nadal (Catalan) comes from Catalan tió, from Spanish tío, from Old Spanish tio, from Latin thīus, from Ancient Greek θεῖος, from Ancient Greek Θεός, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
tió de Nadal (Catalan): tió de Nadal wooden Christmas character that is beaten until it "defecates" gifts
Definitions
- tió de Nadal wooden Christmas character that is beaten until it "defecates" gifts
Ancestry of “tió de Nadal”, step by step
tió de Nadal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan tió
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | tió | The lowest part of a tree trunk, usually used for... |
| 2 | Spanish | tío | uncle; unknown or any male person, dude, guy;... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | tio | uncle |
| 4 | Latin | thīus | uncle |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | θεῖος | Of or from the gods or God, divine; Belonging or... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Θεός | God |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Catalan Nadal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | Nadal | Christmas |
| 2 | Old Occitan | nadal | Christmas (date commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ) |
| 3 | Latin | nātālis | natal (of one's birth) |
| 4 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 5 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |