Where does “șocățește” come from?
șocățește (Romanian) comes from Romanian șoacăț, 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.
șocățește (Romanian): in the German way, in German language
Definitions
- in the German way, in German language
Ancestry of “șocățește”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | șoacăț | foreigner, German |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | Šokac | a member of a South Slavic ethnic group identified with Croats of Slavonia, Baranya and Syrmia |
| 3 | German | Sachse | Saxon a person from Saxony; Saxon a member of the... |
| 4 | Middle High German | Sahse | — |
| 5 | Old High German | Sahso | a Saxon |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sahsō | a Saxon |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sahsô | — |