Where does “șuier” come from?

șuier (Romanian) comes from Romanian șuiera, from Vulgar Latin subilare, from Latin sībilō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

șuier (Romanian): hissing, whiz

Definitions

  1. hissing, whiz

Ancestry of “șuier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianșuierato finger whistle
2Vulgar Latinsubilare—
3Latinsībilōto hiss
4Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “șuier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin sībilō →