Where does “Cînduleț” come from?
Cînduleț (Romanian) comes from Romanian Cându, from Hungarian kendő, from Hungarian kend, from Hungarian kelmed, from Hungarian kegyelmed, from Hungarian kegyelem, from Hungarian -ed, from Hungarian -é- — 3rd person plural verb ending.
Ancestry of “Cînduleț”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Cându | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | kendő | cloth; kerchief; shawl |
| 3 | Hungarian | kend | you; second-person singular subjunctive present... |
| 4 | Hungarian | kelmed | — |
| 5 | Hungarian | kegyelmed | a polite term of address to a person of higher ranking |
| 6 | Hungarian | kegyelem | mercy, grace, pardon |
| 7 | Hungarian | -ed | your; Used to form the definite second-person... |
| 8 | Hungarian | -é- | — |
| 9 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 10 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |