Where does “kúbein” come from?

kúbein (Icelandic) comes from Danish koben, from Danish kø, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā.

kúbein (Icelandic): crowbar

Definitions

  1. crowbar

Ancestry of “kúbein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkobencrowbar
2Danishkøqueue
3Frenchqueuetail; queue, line; cue
4Middle Frenchqueu—
5Old Frenchcuetail
6Vulgar Latincodatail
7LatincaudaA tail
8Proto-Italickaudātail
9Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic kaudā →Every word from Latin cauda →