Where does “îmbelșugare” come from?
îmbelșugare (Romanian) comes from Romanian îmbelșuga, from Romanian belșug, from Hungarian bőség, from Hungarian bő, from Hungarian beɣ, from Ottoman Turkish بك, from Old Turkic 𐰋𐰏, from Proto-Turkic *bēg — to divide, distribute, allot.
îmbelșugare (Romanian): plenty, abundance
Ancestry of “îmbelșugare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | îmbelșuga | to make fruitful, fertile, able to bear much... |
| 2 | Romanian | belșug | abundance |
| 3 | Hungarian | bőség | abundance |
| 4 | Hungarian | bő | roomy, loose; plentiful, abundant |
| 5 | Hungarian | beɣ | — |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | بك | ruler; the ace in card- and boardgames |
| 7 | Old Turkic | 𐰋𐰏 | head of a clan, chief |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | *bēg | — |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | bagáh | god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰagás | portion, part, share, allotment; fate, destiny;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰh₂g-ó-s | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂g- | to divide, distribute, allot |