Where does “ḥenu” come from?

ḥenu (Asturian) comes from Spanish heno, from Latin fēnum, from Latin faenum, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

ḥenu (Asturian): hay

Definitions

  1. hay

Ancestry of “ḥenu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhenohay
2Latinfēnumhay
3Latinfaenumhay; any dried plant; fenugreek
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- →Every word from Latin faenum →Every word from Latin fēnum →