Where does “bruscia” come from?

bruscia (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin bruscum, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- — to break.

Ancestry of “bruscia”, step by step

bruscia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin bruscum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbruscumAn excrescence on the maple
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrews-to break

via Proto-Germanic bruskaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbruskaztuft, underbrush; underbrush; brush, undergrowth
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbhreus-to swell, sprout
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- →Every word from Latin bruscum →