Where does “quinnon” come from?
quinnon (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin quinio, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
Ancestry of “quinnon”, step by step
quinnon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin quinio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quinio | The number five (e.g. on a die) |
| 2 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Latin quiniōnem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quiniōnem | — |