Where does “Blinddarm” come from?

Blinddarm (German) comes from Latin caecum, from Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos — one-eyed, blind.

Blinddarm (German): appendix; caecum

Definitions

  1. appendix; caecum

Ancestry of “Blinddarm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaecumnominative neuter singular of caecus
2Latincaecusblind; invisible
3Proto-Italickaikosblind
4Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ikosone-eyed, blind

Words derived from “Blinddarm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos →Every word from Proto-Italic kaikos →Every word from Latin caecus →