Where does “tsel” come from?
tsel (Aromanian) comes from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, from Latin eccum, from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.
Ancestry of “tsel”, step by step
tsel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin *eccum ille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | *eccum ille | — |
| 2 | Latin | eccum | behold him; here!, look! |
| 3 | Latin | ecce | see!, look!, behold!, points out something with... |
| 4 | Latin | -ce | affixed, usually to demonstratives, forming... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 6 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |
via Latin caelum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | caelum | heaven; sky; atmosphere, climate, weather |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | kailom | sky |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂i-lom | whole |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂i- | — |
Words derived from “tsel”