Where does “cogna” come from?

cogna (French) comes from French cogner, from Latin cuneāre, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

cogna (French): third-person singular past historic of cogner

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of cogner

Ancestry of “cogna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcognerto whack, to bash, to thump
2Latincuneāre—
3Latincuneuswedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ḱūsting
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū →Every word from Latin cuneus →