Where does “nougat” come from?

nougat (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan nogat, from Old Occitan noga, from Vulgar Latin nuca, from Latin nux, from Proto-Italic knuks, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Ancestry of “nougat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitannogat—
2Old Occitannoganut
3Vulgar Latinnuca—
4LatinnuxA nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or...
5Proto-Italicknuksnut
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “nougat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Italic knuks →