Where does “virgetum” come from?

virgetum (Latin) comes from Latin virga, from Proto-Italic wizgā, from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ — flexible rod or stick.

virgetum (Latin): a thicket of twigs osiers

Definitions

  1. a thicket of twigs osiers

Ancestry of “virgetum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvirgatwig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging;...
2Proto-Italicwizgā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwisgeh₂flexible rod or stick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic wizgā →Every word from Latin virga →