Where does “tronco de Navidad” come from?
tronco de Navidad (Spanish) comes from Spanish Navidad, from Old Spanish nauidat, from Latin nativitas, from Latin nātīvus, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
tronco de Navidad (Spanish): a Yule log
Definitions
- a Yule log
Ancestry of “tronco de Navidad”, step by step
tronco de Navidad traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish Navidad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Navidad | Nativity; the birth of Jesus Christ |
| 2 | Old Spanish | nauidat | birth, nativity |
| 3 | Latin | nativitas | birth, nativity; the birth of Jesus Christ;... |
| 4 | Latin | nātīvus | created, made |
| 5 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 6 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Spanish dé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | dé | of; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner |
| 2 | Old Spanish | de | of; -'s |
| 3 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 4 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 5 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |