Where does “șoacăț” come from?
șoacăț (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian Šokac, from German Sachse, from Middle High German Sahse, from Old High German Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic sahsō, from Proto-Germanic sahsô.
șoacăț (Romanian): foreigner, German
Definitions
- foreigner, German
Ancestry of “șoacăț”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | Šokac | a member of a South Slavic ethnic group identified with Croats of Slavonia, Baranya and Syrmia |
| 2 | German | Sachse | Saxon a person from Saxony; Saxon a member of the... |
| 3 | Middle High German | Sahse | — |
| 4 | Old High German | Sahso | a Saxon |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sahsō | a Saxon |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sahsô | — |