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

cascade, waterfall

Ancestry of “kaskata”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	cascata	cascade, waterfall; fall; cascade
2	Italian	cascare	to fall
3	Vulgar Latin	casicare	present active infinitive of *casicō
4	Latin	cadēre	—
5	Latin	cadō	to fall, to fall out
6	Proto-Italic	kadō	fall, sink
7	Proto-Indo-European	ḱad-	to fall

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →