Where does “kasko” come from?
kasko (Esperanto) comes from Polish kask, from French casque, from Spanish casco, from Spanish cascar, from Latin quassō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
kasko (Esperanto): helmet
Definitions
- helmet
Ancestry of “kasko”, step by step
kasko traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish kask
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | kask | helmet |
| 2 | French | casque | helmet; hard hat; headphones |
| 3 | Spanish | casco | helmet; crown; hulk |
| 4 | Spanish | cascar | to crack, to split; to hit; to wank |
| 5 | Latin | quassō | to shake repeatedly, to quake |
| 6 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Italian casco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | casco | helmet; crash helmet; hair dryer |
via Russian каска
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | каска | helmet; hard hat |