Where does “tronc” come from?

tronc (Friulian) comes from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

tronc (Friulian): trunk

Definitions

  1. trunk

Ancestry of “tronc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
2Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim
Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- →Every word from Latin truncus →