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Where does “habena” come from?

habena (Latin) comes from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

Ancestry of “habena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-nus-an
2Proto-Italic-nos—
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →