Where does “Ġunju” come from?

Ġunju (Maltese) comes from Sicilian giugnu, from Latin iūnius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ġunju (Maltese): June

Definitions

  1. June

Ancestry of “Ġunju”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SiciliangiugnuJune
2LatiniūniusOf the Junian gens
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ius →Every word from Proto-Italic -jōs →