Where does “canot” come from?

canot (Middle French) comes from Old French cane, from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-Italic kanō, from Proto-Germanic kanô, from Proto-Indo-European gan- — a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub.

canot (Middle French): small boat made from a tree trunk

Definitions

  1. small boat made from a tree trunk

Ancestry of “canot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcanetube
2Middle Low Germankāne
3Old Saxon*kano
4Proto-Italickanōto sing
5Proto-Germanickanôvessel, vat, tub; boat
6Proto-Indo-Europeangan-a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub

Words derived from “canot

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gan-Every word from Proto-Germanic kanôEvery word from Proto-Italic kanō
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