Where does “kaskata” come from?

kaskata (Maltese) comes from Italian cascata, from Italian cascare, from Vulgar Latin casicare, from Latin cadēre, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

kaskata (Maltese): cascade, waterfall

Definitions

  1. cascade, waterfall

Ancestry of “kaskata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancascatacascade, waterfall; fall; cascade
2Italiancascareto fall
3Vulgar Latincasicarepresent active infinitive of *casicō
4Latincadēre—
5Latincadōto fall, to fall out
6Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →