Where does “cortaplumas” come from?

cortaplumas (Spanish) comes from Spanish pluma, from Latin plūma, from Proto-Italic plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European plúnksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k-, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

cortaplumas (Spanish): penknife

Definitions

  1. penknife

Ancestry of “cortaplumas”, step by step

cortaplumas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish pluma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishplumafeather; pen, fountain pen; ballpoint pen
2Latinplūmafeather, plume
3Proto-Italicplouksmā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplúnksneh₂feather
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplú-n-k-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Spanish cortar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcortarto cut; to cut off, cut out, cut through, cut...
2LatincurtoI shorten, cut short, abbreviate
3Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k- →