Where does “rognon” come from?

rognon (Friulian) comes from Vulgar Latin renio, from Latin rēn, from Proto-Italic hrēn, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰren- — soul, mind; mind; an internal part of the body.

rognon (Friulian): kidney

Definitions

  1. kidney

Ancestry of “rognon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinreniokidney
2Latinrēnkidney
3Proto-Italichrēn—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰren-soul, mind; mind; an internal part of the body
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰren- →Every word from Proto-Italic hrēn →Every word from Latin rēn →