Where does “canja” come from?
canja (Portuguese) comes from Malayalam കഞ്ഞി, from Proto-Finnic kanci, from Czech -í, from Old Czech -í, from Proto-Slavic -jь, from Proto-Indo-European yós, from Proto-Finnic wiša, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wišás — fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;...
canja (Portuguese): chicken soup; anything that is easy to obtain or...
Definitions
- chicken soup; anything that is easy to obtain or...
Ancestry of “canja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malayalam | കഞ്ഞി | — |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kanci | cover, lid |
| 3 | Czech | -í | Forming attributive adjectives from nouns,... |
| 4 | Old Czech | -í | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -jь | Adjectival inherited from the Caland roots,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yós | that, who, which |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | wiša | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wišás | poison, venom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wisós | fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;... |