Where does “eath-kent” come from?
eath-kent (English) comes from English kent, from English cant, from Middle English cant, from Middle Low German kant, from Middle Dutch kant, from Latin canthus, from Gaulish cantos, from Proto-Celtic cantos.
eath-kent (English): Easily known
Definitions
- Easily known
Ancestry of “eath-kent”, step by step
eath-kent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English kent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kent | simple past tense and past participle of ken; To... |
| 2 | English | cant | An argot, the jargon of a particular class or... |
| 3 | Middle English | cant | bold, lively, cant |
| 4 | Middle Low German | kant | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | kant | — |
| 6 | Latin | canthus | the iron ring around a carriage wheel; the tire;... |
| 7 | Gaulish | cantos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | cantos | corner, rim |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂ndʰ | — |
via English eath
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eath | Easy; not hard or difficult; Easily |
| 2 | Middle English | ethe | easy, easily |
| 3 | Old English | īeþe | easy |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | auþī | easy; empty, barren |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | auþuz | easy; light |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *h₂éwtus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew- | to enjoy; to consume; to perceive, see, to be... |