Where does “jonc” come from?

jonc (Middle French) comes from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus, from Proto-Italic joinikos, from Proto-Indo-European yoy-ni-.

Ancestry of “jonc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchjoncrush
2Latiniuncusrush, reed
3Proto-Italicjoinikos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyoy-ni-—

Words derived from “jonc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yoy-ni- →Every word from Proto-Italic joinikos →Every word from Latin iuncus →