Where does “Cândești” come from?

Cândești (English) comes from Romanian Cândești, from Romanian Cândea, from Romanian Cându, from Hungarian kendő, from Hungarian kend, from Hungarian kelmed, from Hungarian kegyelmed, from Hungarian kegyelem — 3rd person plural verb ending.

Ancestry of “Cândești”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianCândești
2RomanianCândea
3RomanianCându
4Hungariankendőcloth; kerchief; shawl
5Hungariankendyou; second-person singular subjunctive present...
6Hungariankelmed
7Hungariankegyelmeda polite term of address to a person of higher ranking
8Hungariankegyelemmercy, grace, pardon
9Hungarian-edyour; Used to form the definite second-person...
10Hungarian-é-
11Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
12Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending
Every word from Middle Welsh -ntEvery word from Hungarian -dEvery word from Hungarian -ed