Where does “mū kākela” come from?
mū kākela (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian kākela, from English Castle, from Middle English castel, from Old English castel, from Breton kastell, from Italian castello, from Latin castellum, from Latin castrum — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
mū kākela (Hawaiian): chess
Definitions
- chess
Ancestry of “mū kākela”, step by step
mū kākela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian kākela
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | kākela | castle |
| 2 | English | Castle | referring to someone who lived in or worked in a castle |
| 3 | Middle English | castel | castle |
| 4 | Old English | castel | town; village; castle |
| 5 | Breton | kastell | castle |
| 6 | Italian | castello | castle |
| 7 | Latin | castellum | castle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold; a... |
| 8 | Latin | castrum | castle, fort, fortress; camp, especially a... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kastrom | knife |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱos-tróm | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |