Where does “gaki” come from?
gaki (Acehnese) comes from German gackern, from Italian chiocciare, from Spanish cloquear, from Spanish -ear, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō — he, she.
gaki (Acehnese): leg; foot
Definitions
- leg; foot
Ancestry of “gaki”, step by step
gaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German gackern
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gackern | to cackle to give the loud repetitive cry of a chicken; to laugh in a way reminiscent of this |
| 2 | Italian | chiocciare | to cluck |
| 3 | Spanish | cloquear | to cluck; to harpoon |
| 4 | Spanish | -ear | forms verbs from adjectives, nouns and some... |
| 5 | Latin | -izāre | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |