eontr
Breton
/ˈẽwntʁ/
noun
Definitions
- uncle
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Celtic *awontro derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂- (descendant, relative).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ewh₂-
Gloss
descendant, relative
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- avital English
- avuncular English
- avunculicide English
- uncle English
- (av)unclus Latin
- *(av)unclus Latin
- *aunclum Latin
- *aviolus Latin
- *avoilu- Latin
- *unclus Latin
- avitus Latin
- avunculus Latin
- avus Latin
- proavus Latin
- tritavus Latin
- Onkel German
- avo Italian
- avunculaire French
- aïeul French
- oncle French
- *h₂euh₂-n-tlo Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ewh₂yos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éwh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- onkel Norwegian Bokmål
- onkel Norwegian Nynorsk
- aiol Old French
- oncle Old French
- avo Esperanto
- avi Catalan, Valencian
- auș Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- unchi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ewythr Welsh
- Nimravidae Translingual
- amnair Old Irish
- áu Old Irish
- úa Old Irish
- veih Manx
- voish Manx
- ungj Albanian
- *awontro Proto-Celtic
- *awontīr Proto-Celtic
- aush Aromanian
- von Friulian
- avynas Lithuanian
- ó Middle Irish
- ewythyr Middle Welsh