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Where does “기니” come from?

기니 (Korean) comes from French guinée, from English Guinea, from Portuguese Guiné, from English -ia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

기니 (Korean): Sequential form of 길다 , thus often "as a...

Definitions

  1. Sequential form of 길다 , thus often "as a...

Ancestry of “기니”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchguinéeguinea
2EnglishGuinea—
3PortugueseGuinéGuinea
4English-iaUsed in forming names of countries, diseases,...
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
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 →