Where does “Otveș” come from?

Otveș (Romanian) comes from Hungarian ötvös, from Hungarian öt, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön, from Ottoman Turkish اوك, from Proto-Turkic ǖn — sound, voice.

Ancestry of “Otveș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianötvösgoldsmith
2Hungarianötfive
3Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
4Hungarianönyou
5Hungarianön-self-
6Turkishönfront
7Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
8Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖnEvery word from Hungarian ön-Every word from Hungarian ön