Where does “aweni” come from?

aweni (Cornish) comes from Middle English awen, from Middle English -en, from Old English -en, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna-, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

aweni (Cornish): to inspire

Definitions

  1. to inspire

Ancestry of “aweni”, step by step

aweni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English awen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishawenTo scare, horrify; To revere
2Middle English-enDenotes the past participle form when attached to...
3Old English-enmæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;...
4Old Norse-innUsed to create adjectives from nouns, meaning...
5Proto-Norse-īna-
6Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Cornish i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishithey
2Englisheyesplural of eye; Third-person singular simple...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-
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