Where does “kanna” come from?

kanna (Haitian Creole) 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.

kanna (Haitian Creole): duck

Definitions

  1. duck

Ancestry of “kanna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcanardduck; drake; canard, hoax
2Middle Frenchcanardduck, male duck
3Old Frenchquanartduck
4Old Frenchcanetube
5Middle Low Germankāne
6Old Saxon*kano
7Proto-Italickanōto sing
8Proto-Germanickanôvessel, vat, tub; boat
9Proto-Indo-Europeangan-a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gan-