Where does “scãntiljedz” come from?

scãntiljedz (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian scãntealji, from Latin scantilia, from Latin scintilla, from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

scãntiljedz (Aromanian): I sparkle, glimmer, scintillate

Definitions

  1. I sparkle, glimmer, scintillate

Ancestry of “scãntiljedz”, step by step

scãntiljedz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Aromanian scãntealji

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aromanianscãntealjispark; sparkle, glint
2Latinscantilia—
3Latinscintillaspark; glimmer
4Proto-Indo-Europeanski-nto-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Latin scintillō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscintillōto scintillate, sparkle
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto- →