Where does “cuny” come from?

cuny (Catalan) comes from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

cuny (Catalan): wedge simple tool

Definitions

  1. wedge simple tool

Ancestry of “cuny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincuneuswedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ḱūsting
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū →Every word from Latin cuneus →
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