Where does “kana” come from?

kana (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish caminar, from Italian camminare, from Italian cammino, from Latin cammīnus, from Gaulish unknown, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos — chaffinch.

kana (Papiamentu): to walk; to go

Definitions

  1. to walk; to go

Ancestry of “kana”, step by step

kana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish caminar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcaminarto walk; to stroll; to travel, to trek
2Italiancamminareto walk, to tread, to travel, to wander, to...
3Italiancamminowalk, way, path; first-person singular present...
4Latincammīnusway
5Gaulishunknown—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch

via Kabuverdianu kaminha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kabuverdianukaminhato walk; to go
2Portuguesecaminharto walk
3Vulgar Latin*cammino—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos →Every word from Gaulish unknown →Every word from Latin cammīnus →