N. io adv. “ago” (Category: Past, Ago)

N. io, adv. “ago” (Category: Past, Ago)

G. in(d)raluin “long ago”

G. luin¹ “gone, past; ago”

Reference ✧ Ety/YA ✧ “ago”

Cognates

• ᴹQ. yá “formerly, ago, at that (distant) time, then (long ago)” ✧ Ety/YA

Derivations

• < ᴹ√YA “there, over there; (of time) back, ago” ✧ Ety/YA

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√YA > io

[jā] > [jǭ] > [jou] > [jau] > [jo]

✧ Ety/YA