Where does “entonner” come from?

entonner (French) comes from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu, from Polish być, from Polish móc — to be able.

entonner (French): to strike up, burst into; to funnel; to channel

Definitions

  1. to strike up, burst into; to funnel; to channel

Ancestry of “entonner”, step by step

entonner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French ton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
2Old Frenchtonyour
3Latintuusyour
4Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
5Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
6Polishtuhere
7Polishbyćto be
8Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
9Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
10Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

via French tonne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtonnetonne, metric ton; ton; first-person singular...
2Latintunnatun, box
3Proto-Celtictondāskin; surface, skin
4Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
5Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

Words derived from “entonner”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis →Every word from Proto-Slavic moťь →