Where does “șuiet” come from?
șuiet (Romanian) comes from Romanian vuiet, from Romanian -eț, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
șuiet (Romanian): rumbling
Definitions
- rumbling
Ancestry of “șuiet”, step by step
șuiet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian vuiet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | vuiet | noise, uproar, buzz, hubbub, din, rumbling |
| 2 | Romanian | -eț | used to form adjectives from nouns or verbs... |
| 3 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 4 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Romanian șuier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | șuier | hissing, whiz |
| 2 | Romanian | șuiera | to finger whistle |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | subilare | — |
| 4 | Latin | sībilō | to hiss |
| 5 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |