Where does “ווענוס” come from?
ווענוס (Yiddish) comes from German Venus, from Latin venus, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.
Ancestry of “ווענוס”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Venus | — |
| 2 | Latin | venus | sale, purchase |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wenh₁- | to love |