Where does “Tocan” come from?
Tocan (Romanian) comes from Romanian toacă, from Romanian toca, from French toque, from Italian tocca, from Italian toccare, from Vulgar Latin tucco, from Frankish tukkōn, from Proto-Germanic tukkōną — to pull, to draw; to lead.
Ancestry of “Tocan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | toacă | the Romanian version of a semantron, a percussion... |
| 2 | Romanian | toca | to chop, mince, hack; to bother, pester, nag |
| 3 | French | toque | toque; a pillowbox hat; a type of round brimless... |
| 4 | Italian | tocca | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Italian | toccare | to touch |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | tucco | to knock, strike, offend; to strike; to touch; I... |
| 7 | Frankish | tukkōn | to knock, strike, touch; to touch, hit; to touch |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tukkōną | to tug, pull; to grab, snatch; to grasp, touch |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |