Where does “taxus” come from?

taxus (Vulgar Latin) comes from Proto-Germanic þahsuz, from Proto-Indo-European tótḱus, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

taxus (Vulgar Latin): badger

Definitions

  1. badger

Ancestry of “taxus”, step by step

taxus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic þahsuz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
2Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
4Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

via Proto-Celtic taskos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictaskosbadger

Words derived from “taxus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tótḱus →