avynas
Lithuanian
[ɐˈʋʲiː.nɐs]
noun
Definitions
- maternal uncle
Etymology
Derived 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
- avuncular English
- avunculicide English
- uncle English
- (av)unclus Latin
- *(av)unclus Latin
- *aunclum Latin
- *unclus Latin
- avunculus Latin
- avus Latin
- Onkel German
- avunculaire French
- oncle French
- уй Russian
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂euh₂-n-tlo Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ewh₂yos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éwh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- onkel Norwegian Bokmål
- *awahaimaz Proto-Germanic
- *awǭ Proto-Germanic
- wuj Polish
- onkel Norwegian Nynorsk
- *ujь Proto-Slavic
- ujec Czech
- oncle Old French
- ujak Serbo-Croatian
- ујак Serbo-Croatian
- unchi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ewythr Welsh
- вуйчо Bulgarian
- ungj Albanian
- *awontro Proto-Celtic
- *awontīr Proto-Celtic
- вујко Macedonian
- ujo Slovak
- ujec Slovene
- eontr Breton
- āwe Tocharian B
- ewythyr Middle Welsh
- vaujă Polabian
- wùja Kashubian
- 𒄷𒄴𒄩𒀸 Hittite
- awis Old Prussian