Where does “cinis” come from?

cinis (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱen- — to set oneself in motion, arise.

cinis (Latin): cold ashes; ruins of a burned city

Definitions

  1. cold ashes; ruins of a burned city

Ancestry of “cinis”, step by step

cinis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European ḱen-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱen-to set oneself in motion, arise

via Proto-Italic *kenis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*kenis—

Words derived from “cinis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱen- →