Where does “nuégado” come from?

nuégado (Spanish) comes from Old Occitan noga, from Vulgar Latin nuca, from Latin nux, from Proto-Italic knuks, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

nuégado (Spanish): nougat

Definitions

  1. nougat

Ancestry of “nuégado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitannoganut
2Vulgar Latinnuca—
3LatinnuxA nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or...
4Proto-Italicknuksnut
5Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Italic knuks →
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