Where does “Hyaena hyaena” come from?
Hyaena hyaena (Translingual) comes from Translingual Hyaena, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα, from Ancient Greek ὗς, from Latin intestinalis, from Latin intestīnum, from Latin intestīnus, from Latin intus — in.
Ancestry of “Hyaena hyaena”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Hyaena | — |
| 2 | Latin | hyaena | a hyena |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὕαινα | hyena |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὗς | pig, swine, hog |
| 5 | Latin | intestinalis | intestinal; pertaining to the intestine |
| 6 | Latin | intestīnum | — |
| 7 | Latin | intestīnus | — |
| 8 | Latin | intus | within, inside; at home |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |