Where does “eccu ista” come from?
eccu ista (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin (ec)cu(m) ista(m), 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 “eccu ista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | (ec)cu(m) ista(m) | — |
| 2 | Latin | iste | that ; those; that one ; that ; those ones ;... |
| 3 | Latin | hāc | — |
| 4 | Latin | hīc | — |
| 5 | Latin | heic | — |
| 6 | Latin | hic | this; these; this one; this ; these ones ; these... |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “eccu ista”