Where does “sikodì” come from?
sikodì (Makasar) comes from Makasar kodì, from Malay kodi, from Tamil கோடி, from Tamil கோடு, from English court, from Middle English court, from Old French cort, from Latin cōrs — whale, sea monster; abyss.
sikodì (Makasar): to be angry at each other; to be hostile to each other; to hurt each other
Definitions
- to be angry at each other; to be hostile to each other; to hurt each other
Ancestry of “sikodì”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makasar | kodì | to treat someone badly; to do something poorly; to be angry at |
| 2 | Malay | kodi | — |
| 3 | Tamil | கோடி | end, tip, point |
| 4 | Tamil | கோடு | to bend; be crooked |
| 5 | English | court | An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area... |
| 6 | Middle English | court | A courtyard; an enclosed space |
| 7 | Old French | cort | court |
| 8 | Latin | cōrs | — |
| 9 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 10 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 11 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 19 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 20 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |