Where does “cota” come from?

cota (Galician) comes from Old French cotte, from Frankish kotta, from Proto-Germanic kuttô, from Proto-Indo-European gudnó-.

cota (Galician): quota; armour coat; chain mail; spine of a blade

Definitions

  1. quota; armour coat; chain mail; spine of a blade

Ancestry of “cota”, step by step

cota traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French cotte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcotteovershirt, tunic
2Frankishkottacoat
3Proto-Germanickuttôcowl, woolen cloth, coat
4Proto-Indo-Europeangudnó-

via Latin quota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquotainflection of quotus: ## nominative/vocative...
2Latinquota pars

via Proto-Germanic kuttǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickuttǭcowl, woolen cloth, coat
2Proto-Indo-Europeangud-woolen clothes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gudnó-Every word from Proto-Germanic kuttôEvery word from Frankish kotta
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