Where does “couté” come from?
couté (Norman) comes from Old French coute, from Latin cubitum, from Latin cubō, from Proto-Italic kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws — cattle.
couté (Norman): knife
Ancestry of “couté”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | coute | elbow |
| 2 | Latin | cubitum | elbow; cubit; accusative supine of cubō |
| 3 | Latin | cubō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kubāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewb- | briar, thorn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱew- | skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷṓws | cattle |