Where does “cacasotto” come from?

cacasotto (Italian) comes from Italian sotto, from Latin subtus, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

cacasotto (Italian): a very nervous or cowardly person

Definitions

a very nervous or cowardly person

Ancestry of “cacasotto”, step by step

cacasotto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian sotto

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	sotto	under, beneath, underneath; below, south of; down
2	Latin	subtus	below, underneath, beneath
3	Latin	sub	under, beneath; behind; at the feet of
4	Proto-Italic	supo	under
5	Proto-Indo-European	upó	under, below
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₃ewp-	—

via Italian cacarsi

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	cacarsi	to shit oneself
2	Italian	cacare	to shit, crap; to give a shit
3	Latin	cacatus	defecated, having been shit
4	Latin	cacō	to defecate, shit, pass excrement

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →