Where does “januar” come from?

januar (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

januar (Norwegian Bokmål): January

Definitions

  1. January

Ancestry of “januar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniānuāriusof January
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin iānuārius
januar — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer