Where does “cuncha” come from?
cuncha (Galician) comes from Vulgar Latin concla, from Latin conchula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
cuncha (Galician): shell; pendentive; white long mark in the head of...
Definitions
- shell; pendentive; white long mark in the head of...
Ancestry of “cuncha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | concla | — |
| 2 | Latin | conchula | small mollusk, mussel, oyster |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “cuncha”