Where does “fnoj” come from?

fnoj (Piedmontese) comes from Latin fēnuculum, from Latin fēnum, from Latin faenum, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

fnoj (Piedmontese): fennel

Definitions

  1. fennel

Ancestry of “fnoj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfēnuculumfennel
2Latinfēnumhay
3Latinfaenumhay; any dried plant; fenugreek
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- →Every word from Latin faenum →Every word from Latin fēnum →
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