Where does “caña” come from?

caña (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish canna, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα, from Akkadian 𒄀, from Sumerian 𒄀 — reed; a certain unit of length.

caña (Spanish): cane; reed; slim, cylindrical type of glass, used...

Definitions

  1. cane; reed; slim, cylindrical type of glass, used...

Ancestry of “caña”, step by step

caña traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish canna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishcanna
2LatincannaA reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;...
3Ancient Greekκάνναgiant reed; reed mat
4Akkadian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length
5Sumerian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length

via Latin cāna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincānaCana
2Ancient GreekΚανά
3Hebrewקנהto buy, to purchase; to get, to obtain, to...
4Hebrewק־נ־ה{{non-gloss definition|Forming words relating to...

Words derived from “caña

Every word from Sumerian 𒄀Every word from Akkadian 𒄀Every word from Ancient Greek κάννα