Where does “turta” come from?

turta (Romansch) comes from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

turta (Romansch): flat, round cake with a fruit filling

Definitions

  1. flat, round cake with a fruit filling

Ancestry of “turta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latintorta—
2Latintorta panistwisted bread
3Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tortus →