Where does “nucime” come from?

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

nucime (Romanian): walnut orchard or grove

Definitions

  1. walnut orchard or grove

Ancestry of “nucime”, step by step

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