Where does “akut” come from?
akut (Danish) comes from German akut, from Italian acuto, from Russian аку́т, from Spanish agudo, from Latin acūtus, from Latin acuō, from Latin acus, from Proto-Italic akus — sharp.
Ancestry of “akut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | akut | acute; severe |
| 2 | Italian | acuto | acute; sharp; high-pitched, high, shrill |
| 3 | Russian | аку́т | acute accent |
| 4 | Spanish | agudo | sharp, pointed, acute; acute, sharp, witty, keen;... |
| 5 | Latin | acūtus | sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened |
| 6 | Latin | acuō | to make pointed, sharpen, whet |
| 7 | Latin | acus | a needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | akus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |