Where does “cognin” come from?

cognin (Louisiana Creole) comes from French cogner, from Latin cuneāre, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

cognin (Louisiana Creole): to knock

Definitions

  1. to knock

Ancestry of “cognin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcognerto whack, to bash, to thump
2Latincuneāre—
3Latincuneuswedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ḱūsting
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū →Every word from Latin cuneus →