Where does “tisonnier” come from?

tisonnier (French) comes from French tisonner, from French tison, from Old French tisun, from Latin titio, from Proto-Italic tītjō, from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- — to become hot, melt "or" to end.

tisonnier (French): poker (instrument for poking)

Definitions

  1. poker (instrument for poking)

Ancestry of “tisonnier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtisonnerto poke
2Frenchtisonfirebrand, ember
3Old Frenchtisun—
4Latintitiofirebrand
5Proto-Italictītjōheating
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteih₁-to become hot, melt "or" to end
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic tītjō →Every word from Latin titio →