Where does “guincho” come from?

guincho (Spanish) comes from Spanish pincho, from Spanish pinchar, from Spanish punchar, from Spanish punzar, from Vulgar Latin puntiare, from Latin punctiāre, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

guincho (Spanish): osprey

Definitions

  1. osprey

Ancestry of “guincho”, step by step

guincho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish pincho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpinchoskewer; a shank; a shag
2Spanishpincharto puncture, prick, pierce; to poke; to sting
3Spanishpuncharto pierce; to punch
4Spanishpunzarto perforate, punch; to sting, twinge
5Vulgar Latinpuntiare
6Latinpunctiāresting, prick
7Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Spanish gancho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishganchohook, peg; clothes hanger; difficult situation
2Proto-Celticganskyosbranch, twig
3Proto-Celtickankskyos
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱank-sḱ-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱank-branch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus
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