Where does “ăi” come from?

ăi (Romanian) comes from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

ăi (Romanian): of

Definitions

  1. of

Ancestry of “ăi”, step by step

ăi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin illī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinillīfound in
2Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
3LatinolleArchaic form of ille
4Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Romanian ae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianae—
2Latinhabessecond-person singular present active indicative...
3ArabicحَبَشAbyssinian; Abysinnian

via Latin allium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalliumlate form of ālium
2Proto-Indo-Europeanālu-—

Words derived from “ăi”

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →