Where does “Grințieș” come from?

Grințieș (Romanian) comes from Hungarian gerinces, from Hungarian -és — Added to a verb to form a noun.

Ancestry of “Grințieș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariangerincesvertebrate; of strong character, firm, resolute
2Hungarian-ésAdded to a verb to form a noun
Every word from Hungarian -és →Every word from Hungarian gerinces →
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