Where does “șoim” come from?
șoim (Romanian) comes from Hungarian sólyom, from Hungarian -m, from Proto-Uralic -m — forms the accusative case, indicating the object.
șoim (Romanian): falcon
Ancestry of “șoim”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | sólyom | falcon, peregrine falcon |
| 2 | Hungarian | -m | my |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -m | forms the accusative case, indicating the object |