Where does “rouquén” come from?

rouquén (Galician) comes from Galician rouco, from Old Portuguese rouco, from Latin raucus, from Latin -cus, from Proto-Italic -kos, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

rouquén (Galician): hoarseness

Definitions

  1. hoarseness

Ancestry of “rouquén”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianroucohoarse, raucous, husky
2Old Portugueserouco—
3Latinraucushoarse; harsh, rough, grating, husky; raucous
4Latin-cussuffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix...
5Proto-Italic-kos—
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Latin -cus →Every word from Latin raucus →