Where does “ayenu” come from?

ayenu (Asturian) comes from Latin aliēnus, from Latin alius, from Proto-Italic aljos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

ayenu (Asturian): of others; belonging to someone else

Definitions

  1. of others; belonging to someone else

Ancestry of “ayenu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinaliēnusOf that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign
2Latinaliusother, another, any other; else; different
3Proto-Italicaljosanother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élyosother, another
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos →Every word from Proto-Italic aljos →