Etymology of the English word cask
the English word
caskderived from the French word
casquederived from the Old Spanish word
cascoderived from the Old Spanish word
cascarderived from the Vulgar Latin root
*quassicarederived from the Vulgar Latin word
quassare (shake repeatedly; wave, flourish)
derived from the Latin word
quatere (shake)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kwet-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kwēt-Date
The earliest known usage of cask in English dates from the 15th century.
Cognates
Dutch
casco, French
casque, German
Kasko, Icelandic
kaskó, Italian
casco, Norwegian
kasko, Russian
каcка, Swedish
kaskoUsage
Word found in Modern English
