Where does “șpăgar” come from?
șpăgar (Romanian) comes from Romanian șpagă, from Russian шпага, from Polish szpada, from German Spaten, from Dutch spatten, from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en — he, she.
șpăgar (Romanian): a briber or bribee
Definitions
- a briber or bribee
Ancestry of “șpăgar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | șpagă | sword |
| 2 | Russian | шпага | small sword, epee, foil, rapier |
| 3 | Polish | szpada | épée |
| 4 | German | Spaten | spade |
| 5 | Dutch | spatten | to splatter, splash |
| 6 | Dutch | -en | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem... |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 8 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |