Where does “juñu” come from?

juñu (Tetum) comes from Portuguese junho, from Old Portuguese junio, from Latin iūnius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

juñu (Tetum): June

Definitions

  1. June

Ancestry of “juñu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesejunhoJune
2Old PortuguesejunioJune
3LatiniūniusOf the Junian gens
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ius →Every word from Proto-Italic -jōs →