Where does “cantèr” come from?

cantèr (Emilian) comes from Latin cantāre, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

cantèr (Emilian): to sing

Definitions

  1. to sing

Ancestry of “cantèr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincantāre
2Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
3LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
4Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
5Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
6Proto-Italic-ējō
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
8Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eoEvery word from Latin caneo