aonclle
Norman
noun
Definitions
- (Guernsey) uncle
Etymology
Inherited from Old French oncle inherited from Latin *(av)unclus, avunculus (maternal uncle, little grandfather, mother's brother, uncle, mothers brother) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo (little grandfather).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂euh₂-n-tlo
Gloss
little grandfather
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
- avunculus, avunculum Latin
- avus Latin
- Onkel German
- avunculaire French
- oncle French
- *h₂euh₂-n-tlo Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éwh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- onkel Norwegian Bokmål
- onkel Norwegian Nynorsk
- oncle Old French
- oncle Catalan, Valencian
- unchi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- oncl'ye Norman
- ungj Albanian
- oncle Middle French
- aug Romansh
- uncle xno