Where does “hiena” come from?
hiena (Middle English) comes from Medieval Latin hyena, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα, from Ancient Greek ὗς, from Latin intestinalis, from Latin intestīnum, from Latin intestīnus, from Latin intus — in.
Ancestry of “hiena”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | hyena | — |
| 2 | Latin | hyaena | a hyena |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὕαινα | hyena |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὗς | pig, swine, hog |
| 5 | Latin | intestinalis | intestinal; pertaining to the intestine |
| 6 | Latin | intestīnum | guts, intestines, entrails of the abdomen |
| 7 | Latin | intestīnus | internal in various senses, namely |
| 8 | Latin | intus | within, inside; at home |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |