Where does “tosâ” come from?
tosâ (Friulian) comes from Vulgar Latin tonsare, from Latin tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European tend-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.
tosâ (Friulian): to shear, crop, clip, trim
Definitions
- to shear, crop, clip, trim
Ancestry of “tosâ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | tonsare | — |
| 2 | Latin | tondeō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |