Where does “bocanoite” come from?

bocanoite (Galician) comes from Galician noite, from Old Portuguese noite, from Latin Nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

bocanoite (Galician): dusk

Definitions

  1. dusk

Ancestry of “bocanoite”, step by step

bocanoite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician noite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciannoitenight; period of dark, when the sun is below the...
2Old Portuguesenoitenight
3LatinNoxNight personification
4Proto-Italicnoktsnight
5Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
6Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

via Galician boca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianbocamouth
2Old Portuguesebocamouth
3Latinbuccathe lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →