Etymograph

English

cot

Cot comes from Sanskrit खट्वा ‘bedstead’.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEखट्वाkhaṭvā‘bedstead’
  2. Sauraseni Prakritmodern𑀔𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸khaṭṭā
  3. Hindic. 1500–presentखाटkhāṭ
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1889cot

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEखट्वाkhaṭvā‘bedstead’
  2. Sauraseni Prakritmodern𑀔𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸khaṭṭā
  3. Hindic. 1500–presentखाटkhāṭ
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1889cot

Earliest quotation: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, Only A Subaltern: “There was a flickering of lanterns about the camp…”

Every English word from Sanskrit खट्वा

Another origin of cot

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500cot
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Another origin of cot

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcatīnus‘bowl, basin’uncertain
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcatīllus‘small bowl’uncertaindiminutive of catīnus
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*katilaz‘kettle, bucket, vessel’uncertain
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*katil‘kettle’uncertain
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050kezzil‘kettle’uncertain
  6. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500cattia‘pan’uncertain
  7. Irishc. 1200–presentcoite‘small boat, cot, wherry’
  8. Englishtodaycot

Another origin of cot

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kuttô‘woolen fabric, wool covering’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150*cot‘cottage’reconstructed
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500cot‘matted wool’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Possibly influenced by English cotton.

Today it means

noun A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sanskrit खट्वा / cot

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