Where does “trucar” come from?

trucar (Galician) comes from Old Occitan trucar, from Vulgar Latin trudicare, from Latin trudere, from Latin trudo, from Proto-Italic troudō, from Proto-Indo-European trewd- — to push, to thrust.

trucar (Galician): to bang head with head; to knock; to charge

Definitions

  1. to bang head with head; to knock; to charge

Ancestry of “trucar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitantrucarto hit; to strike
2Vulgar Latintrudicare—
3Latintruderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatintrudoI thrust, push or shove
5Proto-Italictroudōthrust
6Proto-Indo-Europeantrewd-to push, to thrust

Words derived from “trucar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European trewd- →Every word from Proto-Italic troudō →Every word from Latin trudo →