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Where does “jaun” come from?
jaun (Dalmatian) comes from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwō — young.
jaun
(Dalmatian): young
Definitions
young
Ancestry of “jaun”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
iuvenis
young; A youth, a young man, young woman, young...
2
Proto-Italic
*juwō
young
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