Where does “Poiana Vadului” come from?
Poiana Vadului (English) comes from Romanian Poiana Vadului, from Romanian vad, from Latin vadum, from Proto-Italic waðom, from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom.
Ancestry of “Poiana Vadului”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Poiana Vadului | — |
| 2 | Romanian | vad | ford |
| 3 | Latin | vadum | A shallow, ford, shoal; A body of water; sea,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | waðom | ford, shallow water |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wadʰom | — |