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Where does “hiant” come from?

hiant (Latin) comes from Latin hio, from Proto-Italic hiāō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁i-eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁y-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰih₁-.

hiant (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “hiant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinhioI yawn, gape; I stand open; I pause, connect...
2Proto-Italichiāō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰh₁i-eh₂-to gape, be wide open
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰeh₁y-to yawn, gape; to gape, be wide open; to gape,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰih₁-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰih₁- →