Where does “cagnazzo” come from?

cagnazzo (Italian) comes from Italian cane, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

cagnazzo (Italian): pug-nosed, deformed; purple-coloured

Definitions

  1. pug-nosed, deformed; purple-coloured

Ancestry of “cagnazzo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancanedog, male dog; hammer; freezing, biting
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Italian cane →