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Where does “kant” come from?

kant (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Italian canto, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

kant (Norwegian Nynorsk): an edge, a border; an area; a direction

Definitions

  1. an edge, a border; an area; a direction

Ancestry of “kant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancantosong; singing; corner
2Latincantussung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted
3Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
4LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
5Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
6Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
7Proto-Italic-ējō—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “kant”

  • vegkant
  • overkant
  • sekskant
  • åttekant
  • trekant
  • ytterkant
  • firkant
  • sjøkant
  • sidekant
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