Where does “chiendent” come from?

chiendent (French) comes from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts — to eat.

chiendent (French): couch grass, quackgrass; weed

Definitions

  1. couch grass, quackgrass; weed

Ancestry of “chiendent”, step by step

chiendent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French dent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdenttooth; cog
2Middle Frenchdenttooth
3Old Frenchdenttooth
4Latindēnsa tooth
5Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
6Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
7Proto-Italicdentstooth
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via French chien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchiendog; cock, hammer; greedy, stingy
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃dóntsEvery word from Proto-Italic dents