Where does “schner” come from?

schner (Romansch) comes from Vulgar Latin ienuārius, from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Ancestry of “schner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinienuārius
2Latiniānuāriusof January
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin iānuārius