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Where does “agiun” come from?

agiun (Aromanian) comes from Vulgar Latin aiunare, from Latin iēiūnō, from Latin iēiūnus, from Latin iaiūnus, from Proto-Italic jagjūnos, from Proto-Indo-European Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-, from Proto-Indo-European Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- — to sacrifice.

agiun (Aromanian): I fast, abstain from food; I starve; starved

Definitions

  1. I fast, abstain from food; I starve; starved

Ancestry of “agiun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinaiunare—
2Latiniēiūnō—
3Latiniēiūnus—
4Latiniaiūnus—
5Proto-Italicjagjūnos—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyeh₂ǵ-yu-—
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyeh₂ǵ-ye/o-to sacrifice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- →