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Where does “cǫini” come from?

cǫini (Megleno-Romanian) comes from Latin Canis, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

cǫini (Megleno-Romanian): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “cǫini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCanis—
2Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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