Where does “zoscar” come from?

zoscar (Galician) comes from Galician soascuar, from Galician só, from Old Portuguese sõo, from Latin sonus, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō — to sound, resound.

zoscar (Galician): to poke; to hit someone or something repeatedly

Definitions

  1. to poke; to hit someone or something repeatedly

Ancestry of “zoscar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciansoascuar—
2Galiciansóalone; lonely, solitary; no more than; merely
3Old Portuguesesõo—
4Latinsonussound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,...
5Latinsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context)
6Proto-Italic*swonaōto sound, resound
Every word from Proto-Italic *swonaō →Every word from Latin sonō →Every word from Latin sonus →