Where does “nawe” come from?
nawe (Wolof) comes from French navet, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
nawe (Wolof): turnip
Ancestry of “nawe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | navet | turnip; a very bad movie |
| 2 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 3 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |