Where does “hiat” come from?
hiat (Romanian) comes from French hiatus, from Latin hiātus, from Latin hiō, from Proto-Italic hiāō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁i-eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁y-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰih₁-.
hiat (Romanian): hiatus
Definitions
- hiatus
Ancestry of “hiat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | hiatus | hiatus, gap; hiatus |
| 2 | Latin | hiātus | a hiatus, opening (especially of the mouth), gap, aperture, cleft |
| 3 | Latin | hiō | to yawn, gape |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | hiāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰh₁i-eh₂- | to gape, be wide open |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰeh₁y- | to yawn, gape; to gape, be wide open; to gape,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰih₁- | — |