Where does “Nucșoara” come from?

Nucșoara (Romanian) comes from Romanian nucșoară, from Romanian nucă, from Latin nux, from Proto-Italic knuks, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Nucșoara (Romanian): nutmeg seed

Definitions

  1. nutmeg seed

Ancestry of “Nucșoara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomaniannucșoarăDiminutive of nucă; nutmeg
2Romaniannucăwalnut; nut
3LatinnuxA nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or...
4Proto-Italicknuksnut
5Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “Nucșoara”

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