Where does “quật” come from?
quật (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer kwit, from French cuire, from Middle French cuire, from Old French cuire, from Late Latin coco, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
quật (Vietnamese): to dig up, to disinter; to beat; to lash; to whip
Definitions
- to dig up, to disinter; to beat; to lash; to whip
Ancestry of “quật”, step by step
quật traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Mon-Khmer kwit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | kwit | — |
| 2 | French | cuire | to cook; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Middle French | cuire | Alternative form of cuyre |
| 4 | Old French | cuire | to cook |
| 5 | Late Latin | coco | — |
| 6 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 7 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 8 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 9 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 10 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 13 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 14 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 15 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Middle Chinese 掘
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Chinese | 掘 | — |