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
- third-person singular past historic of cogner
Ancestry of “cogna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | cogner | to whack, to bash, to thump |
| 2 | Latin | cuneāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | cuneus | wedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ḱū | sting |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |