Where does “cisco” come from?

cisco (Galician) comes from Latin cinisculum, from Latin cinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱen- — to set oneself in motion, arise.

cisco (Galician): brushwood; little fragment of firewood; chaff;...

Definitions

  1. brushwood; little fragment of firewood; chaff;...

Ancestry of “cisco”, step by step

cisco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin cinisculum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincinisculum—
2Latinciniscold ashes; ruins of a burned city
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱen-to set oneself in motion, arise

via Proto-Celtic *sexskā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*sexskārushes, sedge
2Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱen- →Every word from Latin cinis →Every word from Latin cinisculum →