Where does “repejune” come from?

repejune (Romanian) comes from Romanian -iune, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

repejune (Romanian): fastness

Definitions

  1. fastness

Ancestry of “repejune”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-iuneion
2Latin-iō—
3Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →
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