Where does “ċediment” come from?

ċediment (Maltese) comes from Italian cedimento, from Italian cedere, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

ċediment (Maltese): giving up, surrender, ceding

Definitions

  1. giving up, surrender, ceding

Ancestry of “ċediment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancedimentosinking, subsiding; collapse, breakdown
2Italiancedereto retreat; to yield, surrender or give in, give...
3Latincēdōto go, move, proceed, go along, move along
4Proto-Italickedōgive here!
5Proto-Italickehere
6Indo-European*ḱe—
Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →Every word from Proto-Italic ke →Every word from Proto-Italic kedō →