unchi
Moldavian
/ˈuŋkʲ/
noun
Definitions
- uncle
- uncles
Etymology
Inherited from Latin avunculus (maternal uncle, little grandfather, mother's brother, uncle, mothers brother), *unclus 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
- nonkel Dutch, Flemish
- avunculaire French
- oncle French
- *h₂euh₂-n-tlo Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éwh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- onkel Norwegian Bokmål
- onkel Norwegian Nynorsk
- oncle Old French
- onklo Esperanto
- besoncle Catalan, Valencian
- onclastre Catalan, Valencian
- oncle Catalan, Valencian
- ungj Albanian
- oncle Middle French
- אָנקל Yiddish