Where does “ruche” come from?
ruche (Norman) comes from Old French rusche, from Latin rusca, from Gaulish rusca, from Proto-Celtic rūskos, from Proto-Indo-European HrewH- — to dig.
ruche (Norman): frill
Ancestry of “ruche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | rusche | beehive |
| 2 | Latin | rusca | bark; nominative/accusative/vocative plural of... |
| 3 | Gaulish | rusca | — |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | rūskos | bark |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | HrewH- | to dig |