Where does “nucet” come from?

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

nucet (Romanian): walnut orchard or grove

Definitions

  1. walnut orchard or grove

Ancestry of “nucet”, step by step

nucet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin nucetum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnucetuma wood where nut-trees grow
2LatinnuxA nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or...
3Proto-Italicknuksnut
4Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via Romanian nuc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannucwalnut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken-Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew-Every word from Proto-Italic knuks