Where does “teukeu” come from?
teukeu (French) comes from French keut, from French keutru, from French truc, from Middle French truc, from Old French trut, from Old Occitan truc, from Old Occitan trucar, from Vulgar Latin trudicare — to push, to thrust.
teukeu (French): thing
Definitions
- thing
Ancestry of “teukeu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | keut | Apocopic form of keutru |
| 2 | French | keutru | thing |
| 3 | French | truc | procedure, technique; thingamajig, thingy, thing;... |
| 4 | Middle French | truc | trick; deception |
| 5 | Old French | trut | trick |
| 6 | Old Occitan | truc | hit; strike |
| 7 | Old Occitan | trucar | to hit; to strike |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | trudicare | — |
| 9 | Latin | trudere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | trudo | I thrust, push or shove |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | troudō | thrust |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | trewd- | to push, to thrust |