Where does “janje” come from?

janje (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic (j)agnę, from Proto-Indo-European h₂egʷnós, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

janje (Serbo-Croatian): lamb

Definitions

  1. lamb

Ancestry of “janje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic(j)agnę—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂egʷnóslamb
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂egʷnós →Every word from Proto-Slavic (j)agnę →