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

  1. to whack, to bash, to thump

Ancestry of “cogner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincuneāre—
2Latincuneuswedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ḱūsting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

Words derived from “cogner”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū →Every word from Latin cuneus →