Where does “veni” come from?

veni (Esperanto) comes from Italian venire, from Latin veniō, from Proto-Italic gʷenjō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

veni (Esperanto): to come

Definitions

  1. to come

Ancestry of “veni”, step by step

veni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian venire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvenireto come
2Latinveniōto come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach
3Proto-Italicgʷenjōto come
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷm̥yétito come
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

via French venir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchvenirTo come
2Middle Frenchvenirto come
3Old Frenchvenirto come; to arrive
4Latinvenīre—

Words derived from “veni”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti →