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.

uns (Romanian): covered with a fatty substance

Definitions

  1. covered with a fatty substance

Ancestry of “uns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianungeto smear
2Latinungōto anoint, smear with oil, grease
3Latinunguō—
4Proto-Italicongʷōto anoint
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃engʷ-to smear, to anoint

Words derived from “uns”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- →Every word from Proto-Italic ongʷō →Every word from Latin unguō →