Where does “uyen” come from?

uyen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

Ancestry of “uyen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchoignononion
2Latinūniōa unity, union
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “uyen”

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