Where does “tosacani” come from?

tosacani (Italian) comes from Italian tosare, from Vulgar Latin tonsare, from Latin tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European tend-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.

tosacani (Italian): dog clipper; a bad barber

Definitions

  1. dog clipper; a bad barber

Ancestry of “tosacani”, step by step

tosacani traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian tosare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantosareto shear; to clip, trim
2Vulgar Latintonsare—
3Latintondeōto shave, shear, clip
4Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
5Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

via Italian cane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancanedog, male dog; hammer; freezing, biting
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tend- →Every word from Latin tondeō →