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Where does “Yuni” come from?

Yuni (Hausa) comes from English June, from Middle English june, from Middle English Juyn, from Old French juing, from Latin iūnius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “Yuni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishJune—
2Middle Englishjune—
3Middle EnglishJuyn—
4Old Frenchjuing—
5Latiniūnius—
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →