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Where does “ĉano” come from?
ĉano (Esperanto) comes from French chien, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.
ĉano
(Esperanto): cock
Definitions
cock
Ancestry of “ĉano”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
French
chien
dog; cock, hammer; greedy, stingy
2
Proto-Indo-European
ḱwṓ
dog
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