Where does “kadō” come from?

kadō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

kadō (Proto-Italic): fall, sink

Definitions

  1. fall, sink

Ancestry of “kadō”, step by step

kadō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European ḱad-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

via Proto-Indo-European ḱh₂d-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱh₂d-to fall

Words derived from “kadō

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-