ajun
Moldavian
noun
Definitions
- fast, fasting (abstaining from or eating very little food)
- the day before a holiday when people fast, or in general the day before any event; eve
Etymology
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
- *aiūnō Latin
- ieiunus Latin
- ieiūnus Latin
- iēiūnium Latin
- iēiūnus Latin
- jejunus Latin
- *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁yaǵ-yu-s Proto-Indo-European
- aín, aíne Old Irish
- troscud, troscad Old Irish
- *jajun Old Portuguese
- jajũu Old Portuguese
- agiun Aromanian
- *jagjūnos Proto-Italic
- dezun Dalmatian