Where does “squalo nutrice” come from?

squalo nutrice (Italian) comes from Italian nutrice, from Latin nutrix, from Latin nutrio, from Proto-Italic snoutrjō, from Proto-Indo-European snew-tr-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.

squalo nutrice (Italian): nurse shark

Definitions

  1. nurse shark

Ancestry of “squalo nutrice”, step by step

squalo nutrice traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian nutrice

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannutricewet nurse
2Latinnutrixwet nurse, nurse
3LatinnutrioI suckle, breastfeed, nurse
4Proto-Italicsnoutrjō
5Proto-Indo-Europeansnew-tr-ih₂female nurser
6Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float

via Italian squalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansqualoshark
2Latinsqualusa kind of sea fish, thought to be a shark;...
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European snew-tr-ih₂Every word from Proto-Italic snoutrjō
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