Where does “reluscar” come from?
reluscar (Galician) comes from Galician relusco, from Galician re-, from Old Portuguese re-, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
reluscar (Galician): to flash
Ancestry of “reluscar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | relusco | lightning; flash of lightning |
| 2 | Galician | re- | back; again |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | re- | — |
| 4 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |