Where does “anianɨ´” come from?
anianɨ´ (Ankave) comes from Tok Pisin anian, from English onion, from Middle English onyoun, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
anianɨ´ (Ankave): Onion
Ancestry of “anianɨ´”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Tok Pisin | anian | onion |
| 2 | English | onion | A monocotyledonous plant , allied to garlic, used... |
| 3 | Middle English | onyoun | — |
| 4 | Old French | oignon | onion |
| 5 | Latin | ūniō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |