Where does “caì” come from?

caì (Istriot) comes from Vulgar Latin cadere, from Latin cadere, from Latin cado, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

caì (Istriot): to fall

Definitions

  1. to fall

Ancestry of “caì”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latincaderepresent active infinitive of cadō; to fall, to...
2Latincaderepresent active infinitive of cadō; to fall, to...
3LatincadoI fall, I fall out; I die; I cease
4Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cado →