Where does “Wenecja” come from?

Wenecja (Polish) comes from Italian Venezia, from Latin Venetia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “Wenecja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianVeneziaVenice
2LatinVenetiaVenice
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Wenecja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ia →Every word from Latin -ius →