Where does “scunse” come from?
scunse (Yola) comes from Irish sconsa, from English sconce, from Middle English sconce, from Old French esconse, from Latin absconsus, from Latin abscondō, from Latin condō, from Latin cōn- — resin.
scunse (Yola): mud
Definitions
- mud
Ancestry of “scunse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | sconsa | sconce small fort or other fortification |
| 2 | English | sconce | A fixture for a light; A head or a skull; A poll... |
| 3 | Middle English | sconce | — |
| 4 | Old French | esconse | — |
| 5 | Latin | absconsus | hidden, secret, concealed |
| 6 | Latin | abscondō | to hide, conceal, cover, shroud |
| 7 | Latin | condō | to put together |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |