Where does “écureu” come from?

écureu (Champenois) comes from Old French escurel, from Vulgar Latin scuriolus, from Latin scūrius, from Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος, from Ancient Greek σκιά, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

écureu (Champenois): squirrel

Definitions

  1. squirrel

Ancestry of “écureu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescurelsquirrel
2Vulgar Latinscuriolus—
3Latinscūrius—
4Latinsciūrussquirrel
5Ancient Greekσκίουροςsquirrel
6Ancient Greekσκιάshadow; shade
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃ih₂shadow, shade
8Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek σκιά →