Where does “muesca” come from?

muesca (Spanish) comes from Spanish moscar, from Latin morsicō, from Latin morsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

muesca (Spanish): notch, groove

Definitions

  1. notch, groove

Ancestry of “muesca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmoscarto hollow out
2Latinmorsicōto bite
3Latinmorsusbitten, eaten, devoured, consumed, having been...
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 -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin morsus
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