Where does “noz” come from?

noz (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese noz, from Vulgar Latin *nŏcem, from Latin nucem, from Latin nux, from Proto-Italic knuks, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

noz (Galician): walnut; Adam's apple

Definitions

  1. walnut; Adam's apple

Ancestry of “noz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesenoz—
2Vulgar Latin*nŏcem—
3Latinnucemaccusative singular of nux
4LatinnuxA nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or...
5Proto-Italicknuksnut
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Italic knuks →