Learned borrowing from Latin cuneus . Doublet of coign and coin .
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Uncertain root, apparently with the suffix -eus . Various problematic comparisons to either Proto-Indo-European * h₂eḱ- ( “ sharp ” ) or * ḱúH- ( “ spike; sting ” ) (compare Latin culex ( “ mosquito ” ) , Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬐𐬁 ( sūkā , “ needle ” ) , Sanskrit शूक ( śūka , “ spike; bristle; insect sting ” ) , शूल॑ ( śū́la , “ spear; stake ” ) etc.) have been unfruitful; a long vowel ( * cūneus ) would be expected in the latter case, and the morphology of the -n-eus suffix remains opaque. One possibility is that cuneus is a borrowing from Ancient Greek γώνιος ( gṓnios , “ corner; angle ” ) via an Etruscan intermediate which could explain the devoicing, though De Vaan finds this unconvincing. Compare cunnus ( “ vagina ” , derogatory ) , also of uncertain origin, as well as cutis ( “ skin ” ) .
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