Where does “unda” come from?
unda (Papiamentu) comes from Kabuverdianu undi, from Portuguese onde, from Old Portuguese onde, from Latin unde, from Latin cunde, from Latin quī, from Latin -cumque, from Latin cumque — resin.
unda (Papiamentu): where
Ancestry of “unda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Kabuverdianu | undi | where |
| 2 | Portuguese | onde | where; where ; whither |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | onde | — |
| 4 | Latin | unde | whence, from where |
| 5 | Latin | cunde | — |
| 6 | Latin | quī | — |
| 7 | Latin | -cumque | Used to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 8 | Latin | cumque | however, whenever, howsoever, whensoever |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |