Where does “couso” come from?

couso (Galician) comes from Galician cousa, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.

couso (Galician): port; thingy; thing; large open box like...

Definitions

  1. port; thingy; thing; large open box like...

Ancestry of “couso”, step by step

couso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician cousa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancousathing; nothing; event
2Latincausacause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,...
3Old Latincaussacause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankawd-teh₂—

via Latin capsus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincapsusthe body of a carriage; wagon body
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂ →Every word from Old Latin caussa →Every word from Latin causa →