Where does “cassenoix” come from?

cassenoix (French) comes from French casse, from Italian cassa, from Spanish caja, from Catalan caixa, from Old Catalan caixa, from Old Occitan caissa, from Latin Capsa, from Latin capiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

cassenoix (French): nutcracker (bird of genus Nucifraga)

Definitions

  1. nutcracker (bird of genus Nucifraga)

Ancestry of “cassenoix”, step by step

cassenoix traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French casse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcassefirst-person singular present indicative of...
2Italiancassacase, crate, trunk; box; cash register, cash desk
3Spanishcajabox, case; bank; cash desk
4Catalancaixabox; savings bank
5Old Catalancaixabox
6Old Occitancaissa
7LatinCapsaGafsa
8Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
9Proto-Italickapiōtake
10Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
11Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
12Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via French noix

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnoixwalnut; nut
2Old Frenchnoisnut
3LatinnuxA nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or...
4Proto-Italicknuksnut
5Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-