Where does “cogner” come from?
cogner (French) comes from Latin cuneāre, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
cogner (French): to whack, to bash, to thump
Definitions
- to whack, to bash, to thump
Ancestry of “cogner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | cuneāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | cuneus | wedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ḱū | sting |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |
Words derived from “cogner”