Where does “cany” come from?
Cany comes from Middle English -y, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ivus, from Latin -ia, from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
cany (English): Of or relating to cane or canes; Abounding with...
Definitions
- Of or relating to cane or canes; Abounding with...
Ancestry of “cany”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Welsh | can- | with, after |
| 2 | Proto-Brythonic | kanta- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥-teh₂ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 6 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 7 | German | kitt | — |
| 8 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |