Where does “cuțit” come from?

cuțit (Romanian) comes from Latin cotitus, from Latin cotire, from Latin cos, from Proto-Italic kōtis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₃- — to sharpen, whet; sharpen.

cuțit (Romanian): knife

Definitions

  1. knife

Ancestry of “cuțit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincotitussharpened
2Latincotiresharpen
3Latincoswhetstone
4Proto-Italickōtis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₃-to sharpen, whet; sharpen

Words derived from “cuțit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Italic kōtis →Every word from Latin cos →