Where does “curcan” come from?
curcan (Romanian) comes from Romanian an, from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic atnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et-no-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- — grass.
curcan (Romanian): turkey; turkey-cock; cop, peeler, copper
Definitions
- turkey; turkey-cock; cop, peeler, copper
Ancestry of “curcan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | an | year |
| 2 | Latin | annus | year; time; season |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | atnos | year |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂et-no- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂et- | grass |