Where does “chèn” come from?

chèn (Haitian Creole) comes from French chien, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

chèn (Haitian Creole): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “chèn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchiendog; cock, hammer; greedy, stingy
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “chèn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →
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