Where does “naevus” come from?

naevus (Finnish) comes from Latin naevus, from Latin gnaevus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁iwós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

naevus (Finnish): nevus

Definitions

  1. nevus

Ancestry of “naevus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnaevusbirthmark; mole
2Latingnaevus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁iwósnative
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁iwós →Every word from Latin gnaevus →