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Where does “cheü” come from?

cheü (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin *cadūtus, from Latin cadēre, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

Ancestry of “cheü”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*cadūtus—
2Latincadēre—
3Latincadō—
4Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
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