xaxún
Galician
/ʃaˈʃuŋ/
noun
Definitions
- fast, fasting abstention from food
- fast, fasting period of time when one abstains from food
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese *jajun inherited from Latin iēiūnium (fast) inherited from Proto-Italic *jagjūnos derived from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ieiunus Latin
- ieiūnus Latin
- iēiūnium Latin
- iēiūnus Latin
- jejunus Latin
- jeûne French
- ayuno Spanish, Castilian
- *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁yaǵ-yu-s Proto-Indo-European
- desjejuar Portuguese
- jejum Portuguese
- jeun, jeün Old French
- ajun Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- aín, aíne Old Irish
- troscud, troscad Old Irish
- ayuno Tagalog
- *jajun Old Portuguese
- jajũu Old Portuguese
- *jagjūnos Proto-Italic
- ayuno Old Spanish
- dezun Dalmatian
- djudjum Kabuverdianu