Where does “ente” come from?
ente (German) comes from French canard, from Middle French canard, from Old French quanart, from Old French cane, from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-Italic kanō, from Proto-Germanic kanô — a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub.
ente (German): duck aquatic bird of the family Anatidae
Definitions
- duck aquatic bird of the family Anatidae
Ancestry of “ente”, step by step
ente traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French canard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | canard | duck; drake; canard, hoax |
| 2 | Middle French | canard | duck, male duck |
| 3 | Old French | quanart | duck |
| 4 | Old French | cane | tube |
| 5 | Middle Low German | kāne | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | *kano | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kanō | to sing |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kanô | vessel, vat, tub; boat |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gan- | a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub |
via Middle High German ente
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | ente | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | ant | duck |
| 3 | Old High German | enita | duck |
| 4 | Old High German | anut | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | anad | duck |
| 6 | Old Irish | anaid | to stay, remain; to wait; to resist, to withstand |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | anati | to pause; to remain |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énh₁ti | to breathe |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁- | to breathe |