Where does “Aaju” come from?
Aaju (Greenlandic) comes from Spanish ajo, from Latin allium, from Proto-Indo-European ālu-.
Ancestry of “Aaju”, step by step
Aaju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish ajo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ajo | garlic; profanity, curse word |
| 2 | Latin | allium | late form of ālium |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ālu- | — |
via Greenlandic angaju
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenlandic | angaju | elder sibling of the same gender |