Where does “doat” come from?
doat (Volapük) comes from French doigt, from Middle French doigt, from Old French doit, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
doat (Volapük): finger
Ancestry of “doat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | doigt | finger; toe |
| 2 | Middle French | doigt | finger |
| 3 | Old French | doit | finger |
| 4 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |