Where does “fiocco” come from?

fiocco (Italian) comes from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

fiocco (Italian): bow, ribbon, knot; flock, tuft; flake, snowflake

Definitions

  1. bow, ribbon, knot; flock, tuft; flake, snowflake

Ancestry of “fiocco”, step by step

fiocco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin floccus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfloccustuft, wisp of wool
2Frankishflokkodown, wool, flock
3Proto-Germanic*flukkô—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Dutch fok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchfokA foresail; By comparison, of shape; The activity...
2Middle Dutchfocke—

Words derived from “fiocco”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →