avus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- grandfather
- an ancestor, a progenitor, a forefather, a forebear
- an old man
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (grandfather, maternal uncle, maternal grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father, descendant, maternal grandfather uncle, relative).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂éwh₂os
Gloss
grandfather, maternal uncle, maternal grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father, descendant, maternal grandfather uncle, relative
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
爺
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- avital English
- avuncular English
- avunculicide English
- nimravid English
- uncle English
- (av)unclus Latin
- *(av)unclus Latin
- *aunclum Latin
- *aviolus Latin
- *avoilu- Latin
- *unclus Latin
- avitus Latin
- avolo Latin
- avunculus Latin
- proavus Latin
- tres Latin
- tris Latin
- tritavus Latin
- Onkel German
- avo Italian
- bisavo Italian
- avunculaire French
- aïeul French
- bisaïeul French
- oncle French
- trisaïeul French
- уй Russian
- abuelo Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂euh₂-n-tlo Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ewh₂yos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éwh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- onkel Norwegian Bokmål
- *immi Proto-Germanic
- *awahaimaz Proto-Germanic
- *awǭ Proto-Germanic
- *immi Proto-Germanic
- onkel Norwegian Nynorsk
- eam Old English
- aiel Middle English
- am Middle English
- ayel Middle English
- *ujь Proto-Slavic
- aiol Old French
- oncle Old French
- Avo Frosto Esperanto
- ave Esperanto
- avino Esperanto
- avo Esperanto
- avoĉjo Esperanto
- avĉjo Esperanto
- praavino Esperanto
- praavo Esperanto
- avi Catalan, Valencian
- aviastre Catalan, Valencian
- besavi Catalan, Valencian
- auș Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- unchi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ewythr Welsh
- Nimravidae Translingual
- avo Ido
- amnair Old Irish
- úa Old Irish
- ungj Albanian
- avoo Old Portuguese
- *awontro Proto-Celtic
- *awontīr Proto-Celtic
- *awyos Proto-Celtic
- aush Aromanian
- strãush Aromanian
- ujec Slovak
- ujo Slovak
- güelu Asturian
- von Friulian
- avynas Lithuanian
- eontr Breton
- āwe Tocharian B
- ewythyr Middle Welsh
- 𒄷𒄴𒄩𒀸 Hittite
- awis Old Prussian
- ᚐᚃᚔ Primitive Irish