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