Where does “djinoyo” come from?

djinoyo (Ladino) comes from Italian ginocchio, from Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

djinoyo (Ladino): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “djinoyo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianginocchioknee
2Latingenuculumknee
3Latingeniculumknee; little knot
4Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelosEvery word from Latin -culusEvery word from Latin geniculum
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