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
Ancestry of “yan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | iānua | — |
| 2 | Latin | Iānus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₂- | to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel |