Where does “cửa” come from?

cửa (Vietnamese) comes from French cours, from German Kurs, from Italian corso, from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

cửa (Vietnamese): a door or a window

Definitions

  1. a door or a window

Ancestry of “cửa”, step by step

cửa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French cours

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoursstream of water, river; course; teaching, lesson,...
2GermanKurscourse; exchange rate, market price
3Italiancorsocourse; stream, waterway; avenue
4Latincohorsa court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or...
5Latinco-allomorph of con-
6Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti—
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Vietnamese cú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecúan owl; hoot; to knuckle one's head
2Frenchcoupblow, hit, strike; fast and instantaneous action;...
3Old Frenchcolpstrike; hit
4Latincolpusstroke; strike; hit
5Ancient Greekκόλποςbosom, lap; a fold in fabric around the bosom;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷelp-to bend; to curve, arch
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Proto-Tai klwɯəᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taiklwɯəᴬsalt

Words derived from “cửa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū- →Every word from Latin cōn- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- →