Where does “nocciolaia” come from?

nocciolaia (Italian) comes from Italian nocciola, from Vulgar Latin nuceola, from Latin nuceus, from Latin nux, from Proto-Italic knuks, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

nocciolaia (Italian): spotted nutcracker; female equivalent of...

Definitions

  1. spotted nutcracker; female equivalent of...

Ancestry of “nocciolaia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannocciolahazelnut, filbert; hazel
2Vulgar Latinnuceola—
3Latinnuceus—
4LatinnuxA nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or...
5Proto-Italicknuksnut
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Italic knuks →