Where does “noisetti” come from?

noisetti (Finnish) comes from French noisette, from French noix, from Old French nois, from Latin nux, from Proto-Italic knuks, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

noisetti (Finnish): noisette cut of meat

Definitions

  1. noisette cut of meat

Ancestry of “noisetti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnoisettehazelnut; noisette; knob
2Frenchnoixwalnut; nut
3Old Frenchnoisnut
4LatinnuxA nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or...
5Proto-Italicknuksnut
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin
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