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Where does “Yoowéinis” come from?

Yoowéinis (Navajo) comes from English Uranus, from Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek οὐρανός, from Ancient Greek ϝορσανός.

Ancestry of “Yoowéinis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUranus—
2LatinŪranus—
3Ancient Greekοὐρανόςthe vaulted sky, on which the stars were attached...
4Ancient Greekϝορσανός—
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