Where does “sponzi” come from?

sponzi (Friulian) comes from Latin expungo, from Latin pungō, from Proto-Italic pungō, from Proto-Indo-European pewǵ- — to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab.

sponzi (Friulian): to prick, sting

Definitions

  1. to prick, sting

Ancestry of “sponzi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinexpungoI strike out, cross out, blot out, erase; I...
2Latinpungōto prick; to puncture; to sting
3Proto-Italicpungōto prick, to sting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpewǵ-to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewǵ- →Every word from Proto-Italic pungō →Every word from Latin pungō →