Where does “skubell-sugna” come from?

skubell-sugna (Cornish) comes from Italian sugna, from Latin axungia, from Latin axis, from Proto-Italic aksis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

skubell-sugna (Cornish): vacuum cleaner

Definitions

  1. vacuum cleaner

Ancestry of “skubell-sugna”, step by step

skubell-sugna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian sugna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansugnapork fat, lard; grease
2Latinaxungiaaxle grease
3LatinaxisAn axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North...
4Proto-Italicaksis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱs-axis, axle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Cornish skubell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishskubellbroom, brush
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs- →Every word from Proto-Italic aksis →