Where does “wekantẹn” come from?

wekantẹn (Gun) comes from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

wekantẹn (Gun): office

Definitions

  1. office

Ancestry of “wekantẹn”, step by step

wekantẹn traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European ten-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via Hungarian kán

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankánkhan

via Gun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gunto be, it is
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten-
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