Where does “trunko” come from?

trunko (Esperanto) comes from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

trunko (Esperanto): tree trunk

Definitions

  1. tree trunk

Ancestry of “trunko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
2Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim

Words derived from “trunko”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- →Every word from Latin truncus →