Where does “Jänner” come from?

Jänner (German) comes from Middle High German jenner, from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Jänner (German): Synonym of Januar

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Januar

Ancestry of “Jänner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanjenner—
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 →