Where does “întâlni” come from?
întâlni (Romanian) comes from Romanian tâlni, from Hungarian találni, from Hungarian talál, from Proto-Uralic tole-, from Hungarian -ál, from Hungarian -l, from Proto-Uralic -l.
întâlni (Romanian): to meet, to encounter, to come across
Definitions
- to meet, to encounter, to come across
Ancestry of “întâlni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | tâlni | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | találni | infinitive of talál |
| 3 | Hungarian | talál | to find, come across; to find; to hit |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | tole- | to come |
| 5 | Hungarian | -ál | Same as -l with the "-á-" linking vowel. Used for... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -l | Appended to a noun, an adjective or less... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -l | — |