Where does “canet” come from?
canet (Catalan) comes from Catalan ça, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
canet (Catalan): a five-cent coin
Definitions
- a five-cent coin
Ancestry of “canet”, step by step
canet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan ça
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | ça | here; in this place |
| 2 | Latin | hāc | this way; these; in this place (or way) |
| 3 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 4 | Latin | heic | — |
| 5 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via French canette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | canette | can, tin, tin can; duckling |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | cana | inflection of cānus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 3 | Latin | canna | A reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κάννα | giant reed; reed mat |
| 5 | Akkadian | 𒄀 | reed; a certain unit of length |
| 6 | Sumerian | 𒄀 | reed; a certain unit of length |