Where does “ncutsut” come from?
ncutsut (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian cutsut, from Vulgar Latin cotitus, from Latin cotire, from Latin cos, from Proto-Italic kōtis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₃- — to sharpen, whet; sharpen.
ncutsut (Aromanian): I stab
Ancestry of “ncutsut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Aromanian | cutsut | knife |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | cotitus | sharpened |
| 3 | Latin | cotire | sharpen |
| 4 | Latin | cos | whetstone |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kōtis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱeh₃- | to sharpen, whet; sharpen |