Where does “ċinu” come from?
ċinu (Old English) comes from Swahili kinu, from Proto-Germanic kinō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵi-n-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
Ancestry of “ċinu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swahili | kinu | mortar |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kinō | A split; crack; A germ; sprout |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵi-n- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |
Words derived from “ċinu”