Where does “șerpiu” come from?

șerpiu (Romanian) comes from Romanian -iu, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

șerpiu (Romanian): snaky

Definitions

  1. snaky

Ancestry of “șerpiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-iuForms adjectives denoting characteristics or...
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Romanian -iu →