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Where does “jerseyneulos” come from?

jerseyneulos (Finnish) comes from Finnish jersey, from English Jersey, from Anglo-Norman Gersui, from Latin Caesarea, from Latin -ea, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

jerseyneulos (Finnish): jersey

Definitions

  1. jersey

Ancestry of “jerseyneulos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjerseyjersey
2EnglishJerseyA cow of the Jersey breed
3Anglo-NormanGersui—
4LatinCaesarea—
5Latin-eanominative feminine singular of -eus; nominative...
6Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
7Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
8Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
9Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
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