Where does “kannòt” come from?

kannòt (Haitian Creole) comes from French canot, from Middle French canot, from Old French cane, from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-Italic kanō, from Proto-Germanic kanô, from Proto-Indo-European gan- — a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub.

kannòt (Haitian Creole): canoe, small boat

Definitions

  1. canoe, small boat

Ancestry of “kannòt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcanotdinghy; canoe
2Middle Frenchcanotsmall boat made from a tree trunk
3Old Frenchcanetube
4Middle Low Germankāne—
5Old Saxon*kano—
6Proto-Italickanōto sing
7Proto-Germanickanôvessel, vat, tub; boat
8Proto-Indo-Europeangan-a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gan- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kanô →Every word from Proto-Italic kanō →