Where does “Janus” come from?

Janus (Danish) comes from Latin Iānus, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

Janus (Danish): Janus

Definitions

  1. Janus

Ancestry of “Janus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinIānus—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Latin Iānus →
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