Where does “(ec)cu istoru” come from?
(ec)cu istoru (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin istorum, from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Ancestry of “(ec)cu istoru”, step by step
(ec)cu istoru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin istorum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | istorum | genitive masculine plural of iste; genitive... |
| 2 | Latin | iste | that near you; those in the plural |
| 3 | Latin | hāc | this way; these; in this place (or way) |
| 4 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 5 | Latin | heic | — |
| 6 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |