Where does “ui” come from?

ui (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch uyen, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

ui (Dutch): onion; Nickname for someone from Rijnsburg

Definitions

  1. onion; Nickname for someone from Rijnsburg

Ancestry of “ui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchuyen—
2Old Frenchoignononion
3Latinūniōa unity, union
4Latin-iō—
5Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “ui”

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