Where does “guany” come from?
guany (Catalan) comes from Catalan guanyar, from Old Catalan guadanyar, from Vulgar Latin *wadaniāre, from English unspecified, from English Un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un- — not.
guany (Catalan): profit, earnings
Ancestry of “guany”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | guanyar | to win; to earn |
| 2 | Old Catalan | guadanyar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *wadaniāre | — |
| 4 | English | unspecified | Not specified; not thoroughly explained or... |
| 5 | English | Un- | — |
| 6 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 7 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |