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Where does “Lithuanien” come from?

Lithuanien (French) comes from French -en, from Italian -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -ana, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

Lithuanien (French): Alternative form of Lituanien

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of Lituanien

Ancestry of “Lithuanien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-en-an
2Italian-ana-an, -y
3Spanish-anafeminine singular of -ano
4Latin-anainflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative...
5Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
6Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
7Proto-Italic*-om—
8Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →