Where does “łégna” come from?
łégna (Venetian) comes from Latin ligna, from Latin līgnum, from English polygonum, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
łégna (Venetian): wood, firewood; timber
Ancestry of “łégna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ligna | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lignum |
| 2 | Latin | līgnum | — |
| 3 | English | polygonum | Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |