Where does “canot” come from?

canot (French) comes from Middle French canot, from Old French cane, from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-Italic kanō, from Proto-Germanic kanô, from Proto-Indo-European gan- — a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub.

canot (French): dinghy; canoe

Definitions

  1. dinghy; canoe

Ancestry of “canot”, step by step

canot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French canot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcanotsmall boat made from a tree trunk
2Old Frenchcanetube
3Middle Low Germankāne—
4Old Saxon*kano—
5Proto-Italickanōto sing
6Proto-Germanickanôvessel, vat, tub; boat
7Proto-Indo-Europeangan-a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub

via Middle French canoe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcanoedugout made from the trunk of a tree
2Spanishcanoacanoe
3Taínokanowacanoe
4Proto-Arawakkanawacanoe

Words derived from “canot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gan- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kanô →Every word from Proto-Italic kanō →