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Where does “nhir” come from?

nhir (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian hir, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

nhir (Aromanian): I string, thread

Definitions

  1. I string, thread

Ancestry of “nhir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aromanianhirthread
2Latinfīlum—
3Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →