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Where does “cjantant” come from?

cjantant (Friulian) comes from Friulian cjantâ, from Latin cantāre, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

cjantant (Friulian): singer

Definitions

  1. singer

Ancestry of “cjantant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Friuliancjantâto sing
2Latincantāre—
3Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
4LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
5Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
6Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
7Proto-Italic-ējō—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “cjantant”

  • cjantautôr
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