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Where does “cutsut” come from?

cutsut (Aromanian) comes from Vulgar Latin cotitus, from Latin cotire, from Latin cos, from Proto-Italic kōtis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₃- — to sharpen, whet; sharpen.

cutsut (Aromanian): knife

Definitions

  1. knife

Ancestry of “cutsut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latincotitussharpened
2Latincotiresharpen
3Latincoswhetstone
4Proto-Italickōtis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₃-to sharpen, whet; sharpen

Words derived from “cutsut”

  • cutsãtar
  • ncutsut
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