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Where does “kask” come from?

kask (Swedish) comes from French casque, from Spanish casco, from Spanish cascar, from Latin quassō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “kask”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcasquehelmet; hard hat; headphones
2Spanishcascohelmet; crown; hulk
3Spanishcascarto crack, to split; to hit; to wank
4Latinquassō—
5Latin-tō—
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus—
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “kask”

  • kaffekask
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →