chien
French
noun
Definitions
- dog
- cock, hammer (of a firearm)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French chien inherited from Old French chien inherited from Latin *cane, canis (dog) inherited from Proto-Italic *kō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn-i-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱwn-i-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- canicide English
- canophilia English
- kennel Finnish
- *cane Latin
- *cania Latin
- *canile Latin
- *canīle Latin
- canarius Latin
- canatim Latin
- canem Latin
- canem, canis Latin
- canicula Latin
- caniculus Latin
- caniformis Latin
- caninus Latin
- canis Latin
- canēs, canes Latin
- casse French
- chenet French
- chien de la casse French
- chiendent French
- chienne French
- chiennerie French
- de la French
- dent French
- poisson French
- poisson-chien French
- can Spanish, Castilian
- cancerbero Spanish, Castilian
- canódromo Spanish, Castilian
- matacán Spanish, Castilian
- δρόμος Ancient Greek
- *ḱwn-i- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱwṓ Proto-Indo-European
- canicho Portuguese
- canil Portuguese
- cão Portuguese
- chien Old French
- kien Old French
- ĉano Esperanto
- ca Catalan, Valencian
- acañar Galician
- suns Latvian
- cano Old Irish
- tchian Norman
- qen Albanian
- chien Middle French
- can Old Portuguese
- cãne Aromanian
- *kō Proto-Italic
- chagna Romansh
- chogna Romansh
- cogna Romansh
- čhan Friulian
- *šuo Proto-Balto-Slavic
- cun Dalmatian
- lisyen Mauritian Creole
- tchén Walloon
- chein Bourguignon
- can Istriot
- cane Corsican
- lisyen Seychellois Creole
- căre Istro-Romanian
- cǫini Megleno-Romanian
- tchïn Franc-Comtois