Where does “lisyen” come from?

lisyen (Seychellois Creole) comes from French chien, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

lisyen (Seychellois Creole): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “lisyen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchiendog; cock, hammer; greedy, stingy
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from French chien →