Where does “alloccherello” come from?

alloccherello (Italian) comes from Italian allocco, from Latin ulucus, from Latin ulula, from Proto-Indo-European up- — to call, to cry, to yell.

Ancestry of “alloccherello”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianalloccotawny owl or brown owl; sucker, chump
2Latinulucus—
3Latinululascreech owl (Tyto alba), tawny owl (Strix aluco)
4Proto-Indo-Europeanup-to call, to cry, to yell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European up- →Every word from Latin ulula →Every word from Latin ulucus →