Where does “cunha” come from?
cunha (Galician) comes from Galician con, from Old Portuguese çon, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
cunha (Galician): with a, with one
Definitions
- with a, with one
Ancestry of “cunha”, step by step
cunha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician con
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | con | with; and; boulder, specially those found... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | çon | — |
| 3 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 4 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |