Where does “Cându” come from?

Cându (Romanian) comes from Hungarian kendő, from Hungarian kend, from Hungarian kelmed, from Hungarian kegyelmed, from Hungarian kegyelem, from Hungarian -ed, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d — 3rd person plural verb ending.

Ancestry of “Cându”, step by step

Cându traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kendő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankendőcloth; kerchief; shawl
2Hungariankendyou; second-person singular subjunctive present...
3Hungariankelmed
4Hungariankegyelmeda polite term of address to a person of higher ranking
5Hungariankegyelemmercy, grace, pardon
6Hungarian-edyour; Used to form the definite second-person...
7Hungarian-é-
8Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
9Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

via Latin candidus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincandidusshining white; clear, bright; fair, beautiful
2Latincandeōto be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white
3Proto-Italickandēō
4Proto-Indo-Europeankand-to shine, glow

Words derived from “Cându

Every word from Middle Welsh -ntEvery word from Hungarian -dEvery word from Hungarian -ed
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