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Where does “-ean” come from?

-ean (Romanian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ěninъ.

-ean (Romanian): Forms adjectives and nouns indicating origin or...

Definitions

  1. Forms adjectives and nouns indicating origin or...

Ancestry of “-ean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ěninъ—

Words derived from “-ean”

  • Muntenia
  • Muntenian
  • moldovenește
  • mesean
  • coreean
  • curtean
  • cetățeancă
  • pământean
  • -eancă
  • ardelean
  • câmpenesc
  • câmpean
  • cetățean
  • macedonean
  • bucureștean
  • moldovenesc
  • moldovean
  • Muntenia
  • muntean
  • muntenesc
  • timișorean
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