stucco

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)tewg-“to shock, butt, impact”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*stukkiją“stump, piece”
3. Lombardic · derived fromstucki, *stucchi“crust, fragment, piece”
4. Old Italian · derived fromstucco
5. Italian · borrowed fromstucco“coating made of pulverised gypsum, plaster, stucco”
6. English todaystucco

Borrowed from Italian stucco (“coating made of pulverised gypsum, plaster, stucco”) from Old Italian stucco, from Lombardic stucki, *stucchi (“crust, fragment, piece”) from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“stump, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to shock, butt, impact”). Akin to German Stück (“piece”), Old Saxon stukki (“piece, fragment”) and Old English stycce. Related to stock.

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