Where does “żmonġa” come from?

żmonġa (Maltese) comes from Italian smungere, from Italian s-, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

żmonġa (Maltese): to prune drastically

Definitions

  1. to prune drastically

Ancestry of “żmonġa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansmungereto milk completely; to use the last drop
2Italians-un-, in-; de-, dis-, un-; API + bocca → sboccato
3Latinēx-out, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Italian s- →