Where does “torbicolo” come from?

torbicolo (Italian) comes from Italian torba, from French tourbe, from Middle French tourbe, from Old French tourbe, from Proto-West Germanic turb, from Proto-Germanic turbz, from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- — tuft, grass.

torbicolo (Italian): That lives in peat bogs or on otherwise peaty...

Definitions

  1. That lives in peat bogs or on otherwise peaty...

Ancestry of “torbicolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantorbapeat
2Frenchtourbepeat
3Middle Frenchtourbe—
4Old Frenchtourbe—
5Proto-West Germanicturbturf, peat
6Proto-Germanicturbzturf, peat
7Proto-Indo-Europeandorbh-tuft, grass
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- →Every word from Proto-Germanic turbz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic turb →