Where does “trunkera” come from?

trunkera (Swedish) comes from French tronquer, from Latin trunco, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

trunkera (Swedish): truncate

Definitions

  1. truncate

Ancestry of “trunkera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtronquerto truncate; to shorten, cut
2LatintruncoI maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces; I...
3Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
4Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim

Words derived from “trunkera”

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