Where does “eccu hic” come from?
eccu hic (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti, from Proto-West Germanic kwidu — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
eccu hic (Vulgar Latin): here
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Ancestry of “eccu hic”, step by step
eccu hic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin hic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 5 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 6 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 7 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |