Where does “Petrileni” come from?
Petrileni (Romanian) comes from Romanian Petrilă, from Romanian Petru, from Proto-Celtic *kʷetwores, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.
Ancestry of “Petrileni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Petrilă | — |
| 2 | Romanian | Petru | Peter |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | *kʷetwores | four |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |