Where does “coçar” come from?
coçar (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin coctiare, from Latin coquere, from Proto-Italic kʷekʷō, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-.
coçar (Old Portuguese): to scratch
Definitions
- to scratch
Ancestry of “coçar”, step by step
coçar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin coctiare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | coctiare | — |
| 2 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via Latin cocicare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cocicare | — |