Where does “scorpiuni” come from?

scorpiuni (Sicilian) comes from Italian scorpione, from Latin scorpiō, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

scorpiuni (Sicilian): gecko

Definitions

  1. gecko

Ancestry of “scorpiuni”, step by step

scorpiuni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian scorpione

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscorpionescorpion
2Latinscorpiō—
3Ancient Greekσκορπίοςscorpion; scorpionfish; scorpion furze
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Ancient Greek σκορπίων

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσκορπίων—

Words derived from “scorpiuni”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Ancient Greek σκορπίος →