Where does “brancolare” come from?

brancolare (Italian) comes from Italian branca, from Late Latin branca, from Gaulish vranca, from Proto-Indo-European wrónkeh₂.

brancolare (Italian): to grope

Definitions

  1. to grope

Ancestry of “brancolare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbrancaclaw; talon; branch
2Late Latinbrancafootprint, paw; footprint”, later also “paw, claw
3Gaulishvranca—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwrónkeh₂—

Words derived from “brancolare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrónkeh₂ →