Where does “jehnjo” come from?

jehnjo (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic àgnę, from Proto-Indo-European h₂egʷnós, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

jehnjo (Upper Sorbian): lamb

Definitions

  1. lamb

Ancestry of “jehnjo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicàgnęlamb
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 àgnę →
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