Where does “cugiâ” come from?

cugiâ (Ligurian) comes from Latin cochleārium, from Latin cochleār, from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας, from Ancient Greek κόχλος — shellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...

cugiâ (Ligurian): spoon item of cutlery

Definitions

  1. spoon item of cutlery

Ancestry of “cugiâ”, step by step

cugiâ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin cochleārium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincochleāriumsnailery, snail-pen, enclosure for edible snails
2Latincochleāra spoon
3Latincochleasnail; snail shell; spiral
4Ancient Greekκοχλίαςsnail with a spiral-shell; spiral; spiral, snail...
5Ancient Greekκόχλοςshellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...

via Ligurian a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ligurianathe; in; at
2Latinadtoward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
3Proto-Italicadtoward, to, on, up to, for
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂édto, at
Every word from Ancient Greek κόχλοςEvery word from Ancient Greek κοχλίαςEvery word from Latin cochlea