Where does “atun” come from?
atun (Romansch) comes from Latin autumnus, from Latin auctumnus, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- — cold.
atun (Romansch): autumn, fall
Ancestry of “atun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | autumnus | autumn, fall; autumn; autumnal |
| 2 | Latin | auctumnus | autumn; autumn; autumnal |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewǵ- | cold |