Where does “yan” come from?

yan (Volapük) comes from Latin iānua, from Latin Iānus, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

yan (Volapük): door

Definitions

  1. door

Ancestry of “yan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniānuaany double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city)
2LatinIānus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

Words derived from “yan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Latin Iānus →Every word from Latin iānua →