Where does “stuarzi” come from?
stuarzi (Friulian) comes from Vulgar Latin extorcere, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.
stuarzi (Friulian): to twist; to wriggle; to wring
Definitions
- to twist; to wriggle; to wring
Ancestry of “stuarzi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | extorcere | present active infinitive of *extorcō |
| 2 | Latin | torqueō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |