Where does “jenă” come from?
jenă (Romanian) comes from French gène, from Middle French gehenne, from Old French gehine, from Old French gehir, from Frankish jehhjan, from Proto-Germanic jehaną, from Proto-Indo-European yék-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.
jenă (Romanian): embarrassment (state of discomfort); uneasiness
Definitions
- embarrassment (state of discomfort); uneasiness
Ancestry of “jenă”, step by step
jenă traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French gène
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gène | gene |
| 2 | Middle French | gehenne | — |
| 3 | Old French | gehine | punishment resulting from admission of guilt;... |
| 4 | Old French | gehir | to admit, confess, acknowledge |
| 5 | Frankish | jehhjan | to say, confess |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | jehaną | to speak, say, express |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yék-e-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yek- | to utter |
via French gêner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gêner | to hinder, hamper, bother; to bother, annoy,... |
| 2 | Middle French | genner | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | jenner | — |
| 4 | Latin | iānuārius | of January |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via Serbo-Croatian Džena
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | Džena | — |