Where does “ônye” come from?

ônye (Franc-Comtois) comes from French onglé, from Old French fro, from Latin umbrosus, from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.

ônye (Franc-Comtois): fingernail

Definitions

  1. fingernail

Ancestry of “ônye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchonglénail, fingernail
2Old Frenchfro—
3Latinumbrosusshady, shadowy
4Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
5Old Latinomra—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →Every word from Old Latin omra →Every word from Latin umbra →