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nucifrangibulum

nucifrangibulum

nutcracker

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What it meant

1. nucifrangibulum — de Vaan

nucifrangibulum 'nutcracker' (PL). Pit. *knuk-. IE cognates: Ofr. cnu [f], gen. cnao, cno, ace. cnoi, MW cneu 'nuts', LCo. knyfan 'a nut', MBret. cnou, Bret, hraoh 'nuts' < PCL nom. *knus, obi. *knuu~ (< *£/iw-i/-?); OIc. hnot, OE hnutu 'nut' < *knu-d-. Lat. nuc(u)Ieus presupposes a diminutive *nuculus/-a. As argued s.v. nugae, the irregular alternations within Latin between nugae and nux already suggest a non-IE … — [de Vaan, s.v. nucifrangibulum, p. 434]

2. nŭcĭfrangĭbŭlum — Lewis & Short

nŭcĭfrangĭbŭlum, i, n.nux-frango, qs.

I a nut-cracker, comically for a tooth, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 16.

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. nucifrangibulum (scan pp. 434-435; entry #1186). Root candidates: *knuk-, *obs-, *opw-.

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