Where does “onyoun” come from?

onyoun (Middle English) 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.

onyoun (Middle English): The onion plant

Definitions

  1. The onion plant

Ancestry of “onyoun”, step by step

onyoun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French oignon

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

via Old French oingnon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchoingnon—
2Latinūniōnem—

Words derived from “onyoun”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →