Where does “essoucher” come from?

essoucher (French) comes from French souche, from Middle French souche, from Old French çoche, from Vulgar Latin *tsucca, from Gaulish tsukka, from Proto-Germanic stukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

essoucher (French): to uproot tree stumps from land (to render it cultivatable)

Definitions

  1. to uproot tree stumps from land (to render it cultivatable)

Ancestry of “essoucher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsouchestump; strain; root
2Middle Frenchsouche—
3Old Frenchçoche—
4Vulgar Latin*tsucca—
5Gaulishtsukka—
6Proto-Germanicstukkazstick; beam; post; stump
7Proto-Indo-European(s)tewg-to push, to hit
8Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stukkaz →