Where does “uns” come from?
uns (Romanian) comes from Romanian unge, from Latin ungō, from Latin unguō, from Proto-Italic ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- — to smear, to anoint.
Ancestry of “uns”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | unge | to smear; to rub in , grease, oil, lubricate |
| 2 | Latin | ungō | — |
| 3 | Latin | unguō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | ongʷō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃engʷ- | to smear, to anoint |