Where does “ghirmãnescu” come from?

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

ghirmãnescu (Aromanian): German (of, from, or pertaining to Germany, the German people or the German language)

Definitions

  1. German (of, from, or pertaining to Germany, the German people or the German language)

Ancestry of “ghirmãnescu”, step by step

ghirmãnescu 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 ghirman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AromanianghirmanGerman (a person of German descent)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmiEvery word from Proto-Italic ezom