Kante
German (Berlin)
/ˈkantə/
noun
Definitions
- edge sharp boundary line
- (graph theory) edge
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German kant borrowed from Middle Dutch kant borrowed from Latin canthus (ring, wheel, beak of a cup jug, metal rim of a wheel, tire, edge of a wheel, the tire of a wheel) derived from Gaulish *cantos.
Origin
Gaulish
*cantos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cantabria English
- canthus English
- decant English
- *canthus Latin
- Cantium Latin
- canthus Latin
- cantus Latin
- Kantenlänge German
- Länge German
- Schnittkante German
- kantig German
- scharfkantig German
- schnitt German
- cantina Italian
- cant French
- chanfrein French
- кант Russian
- decantar Spanish, Castilian
- κανθός Ancient Greek
- *cant Old French
- fraindre Old French
- kant Middle Dutch
- kante Middle Dutch
- Kant Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *cantos Proto-Celtic
- *kantos Proto-Celtic
- kant Middle Low German
- kante Middle Low German
- canto Old Spanish
- *cantos Gaulish