Where does “keunegi” come from?

keunegi (Cornish) comes from Cornish keun, from Latin cāna, from Ancient Greek κάννα, from Akkadian 𒄀, from Sumerian 𒄀 — reed; a certain unit of length.

keunegi (Cornish): bogs

Definitions

  1. bogs

Ancestry of “keunegi”, step by step

keunegi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish keun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishkeunplural of ki
2LatincānaCana
3Ancient Greekκάνναgiant reed; reed mat
4Akkadian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length
5Sumerian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length

via Cornish i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishithey
2Englisheyesplural of eye; Third-person singular simple...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—
Every word from Sumerian 𒄀 →Every word from Akkadian 𒄀 →Every word from Ancient Greek κάννα →