Where does “yanvar” come from?

yanvar (Gagauz) comes from Russian янва́рь, from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

yanvar (Gagauz): January

Definitions

  1. January

Ancestry of “yanvar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianянва́рьJanuary
2Latiniānuāriusof January
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin iānuārius →