ieiunus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- fasting, abstinent, hungry
- (figuratively) dry, barren, unproductive
- (figuratively) scanty, meager
- insignificant, trifling
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *jagjūnos derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-yu-s.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁yaǵ-yu-s
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- iēiūnium Latin
- iēiūnus Latin
- jejunus Latin
- *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁yaǵ-yu-s Proto-Indo-European
- *yeh₁ǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- देवयज्ञ Sanskrit
- पाकयज्ञ Sanskrit
- पितृयज्ञ Sanskrit
- ब्रह्मयज्ञ Sanskrit
- भूतयज्ञ Sanskrit
- मनुष्ययज्ञ Sanskrit
- यज्ञ Sanskrit
- यज्ञ Hindi
- ยัญ Thai
- yañña Pali
- *Hyaȷ́nás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *jagjūnos Proto-Italic
- យញ្ញ Central Khmer
- ಯಜ್ಞ Kannada