Where does “kaĉo” come from?

kaĉo (Esperanto) comes from Italian cazzo, from Italian cazza, from Latin cattia, from Old High German keȥȥil, from Proto-West Germanic *katil, from Proto-Germanic katilaz, from Latin catīllus, from Latin -lus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

kaĉo (Esperanto): porridge, gruel, pap

Definitions

  1. porridge, gruel, pap

Ancestry of “kaĉo”, step by step

kaĉo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian cazzo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancazzodick, cock, prick
2Italiancazzathird-person singular present indicative of...
3Latincattiapan
4Old High Germankeȥȥilkettle
5Proto-West Germanic*katilkettle
6Proto-Germanickatilazkettle, bucket, vessel
7Latincatīllussmall bowl, dish, or plate
8Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
9Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Russian ка́ша

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianка́шаporridge, gruel
2Old East Slavicкаша
3Proto-Slavickašaperhaps originally ground cereal

via Malay kacau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykacauconfused; disorderly
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kacaw

Words derived from “kaĉo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -lusEvery word from Latin catīllus