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Where does “echen” come from?

echen (Asturian) comes from Asturian echar, from Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre, from Latin iaciō, from Proto-Indo-European (H)yeh₁- — to throw.

echen (Asturian): third-person plural present indicative of echar;...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present indicative of echar;...

Ancestry of “echen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturianecharto throw; to throw out, throw away; to emit
2Latiniectāre—
3Latiniactāre—
4Latiniaciō—
5Proto-Indo-European(H)yeh₁-to throw
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