Where does “zoêna” come from?

zoêna (Ligurian) comes from Ligurian zoêno, from Latin iuvenem, from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwō — young.

zoêna (Ligurian): A young lady; feminine singular of zoêno

Definitions

  1. A young lady; feminine singular of zoêno

Ancestry of “zoêna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ligurianzoênoyoung; youth
2Latiniuvenemaccusative masculine singular of iuvenis;...
3Latiniuvenisyoung; A youth, a young man, young woman, young...
4Proto-Italic*juwōyoung
Every word from Proto-Italic *juwō →Every word from Latin iuvenis →Every word from Latin iuvenem →