Where does “tijereta” come from?

tijereta (Spanish) comes from Spanish tijera, from Old Spanish tixera, from Latin tonsoria, from Latin Tonsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tijereta (Spanish): earwig; scissor kick; scissoring, tribadism, trib

Definitions

  1. earwig; scissor kick; scissoring, tribadism, trib

Ancestry of “tijereta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtijerascissors
2Old Spanishtixera
3Latintonsorianominative feminine singular of tōnsōrius;...
4LatinTonsusThe most important tributary river of the Hebrus, now called Tundzha or Tunca
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “tijereta

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin Tonsus