Where does “*taxūcus” come from?
*taxūcus (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin taxō, from Proto-West Germanic þahs, from Proto-Germanic þahsuz, from Proto-Indo-European tótḱus, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.
Ancestry of “*taxūcus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | taxō | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | þahs | badger |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þahsuz | badger |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tótḱus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ- | to create, produce; to cut, hew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |