Where does “mocoło” come from?

mocoło (Venetian) comes from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Italic moukos, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

mocoło (Venetian): candle; fool, idiot, blockhead

Definitions

  1. candle; fool, idiot, blockhead

Ancestry of “mocoło”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūcusmucus
2Proto-Italicmoukos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- →Every word from Proto-Italic moukos →Every word from Latin mūcus →