Where does “ségu” come from?

ségu (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese cego, from Old Portuguese cego, from Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos — one-eyed, blind.

ségu (Kabuverdianu): dull (as a knife)

Definitions

  1. dull (as a knife)

Ancestry of “ségu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecegoblind; blind; blinded; dull
2Old Portuguesecegoblind
3Latincaecusblind; invisible
4Proto-Italickaikosblind
5Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ikosone-eyed, blind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos →Every word from Proto-Italic kaikos →Every word from Latin caecus →