Where does “canere” come from?

canere (Latin) comes from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

canere (Latin): present active infinitive of canō; second-person...

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of canō; second-person...

Ancestry of “canere”, step by step

canere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin caneo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
2Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
3Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
4Proto-Italic-ējō
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Latin cano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincanoto sing, recite, play
2Proto-Italickanōto sing
3Proto-Germanickanôvessel, vat, tub; boat
4Proto-Indo-Europeangan-a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub

Words derived from “canere

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti