Where does “Cunt” come from?
Cunt (English) comes from Middle English cunte, from Old English cunte, from Proto-West Germanic *kuntā, from Proto-Germanic kuntǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- — woman.
Ancestry of “Cunt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cunte | vagina |
| 2 | Old English | cunte | cunt; vagina; vulva |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *kuntā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kuntǭ | female pudenda; vulva; sheath |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |