Where does “chinâse” come from?
chinâse (Ligurian) comes from Ligurian se, from Late Latin se(d), from Latin si, from Proto-Italic sei, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
chinâse (Ligurian): to stoop (down), to bend (down), to bow
Definitions
- to stoop (down), to bend (down), to bow
Ancestry of “chinâse”, step by step
chinâse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ligurian se
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ligurian | se | if |
| 2 | Late Latin | se(d) | — |
| 3 | Latin | si | if, supposing that; whether |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sei | so, thus |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via Ligurian chinâ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ligurian | chinâ | to bend, bow, lower, lean |
| 2 | Latin | clīnō | to bend, incline |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kl(e)inō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱley- | to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |