Where does “cotel” come from?
cotel (Old French) comes from Dutch koot, from English goat, from English Time, from Middle English tyme, from Old French thym, from Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek θύμον, from Ancient Greek θύω — smoke; mist, haze.
cotel (Old French): knife
Definitions
- knife
Ancestry of “cotel”, step by step
cotel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch koot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | koot | Any one of the small bones that make up the toes... |
| 2 | English | goat | A mammal, "Capra aegagrus hircus", and similar... |
| 3 | English | Time | The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events |
| 4 | Middle English | tyme | thyme; time; A specific duration or period of... |
| 5 | Old French | thym | — |
| 6 | Latin | thymum | thyme; accusative singular of thymus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | θύμον | thyme |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | θύω | I offer in sacrifice, slay, burn, immolate; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |