Where does “brazilescu” come from?

brazilescu (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian escu, from Latin sūm, from Proto-Italic ezom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.

brazilescu (Aromanian): Brazilian (of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, the Brazilian people or the Brazilian language)

Definitions

  1. Brazilian (of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, the Brazilian people or the Brazilian language)

Ancestry of “brazilescu”, step by step

brazilescu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Aromanian escu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AromanianescuI am
2Latinsūmto be, exist
3Proto-Italicezomto be
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésmifirst-person singular present indicative of...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-to be

via Aromanian Brazilii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AromanianBrazilii—
2AlbanianBrazili—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi →Every word from Proto-Italic ezom →