Where does “jì” come from?

jì (Neapolitan) comes from Latin ire, from Latin eo, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

jì (Neapolitan): to go

Definitions

  1. to go

Ancestry of “jì”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinirepresent active infinitive of eō; to go
2LatineoI go, I move; I advance, I proceed, I progress; I...
3Proto-ItaliceōI go
4Proto-Italicejō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Italic ejō →