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Where does “jegos” come from?

jegos (Romanian) comes from Romanian os, from Latin ossum, from Latin ōs, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.

jegos (Romanian): filthy, dirty, soiled

Definitions

  1. filthy, dirty, soiled

Ancestry of “jegos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianosbone
2Latinossumbone; kernel, stone
3Latinōs—
4Proto-Italicōs—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone
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