Where does “Podu Iloaiei” come from?
Podu Iloaiei (Romanian) comes from Romanian pod, from Old Church Slavonic подъ, from Proto-Slavic pǫdъ, from Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os — to stretch.
Ancestry of “Podu Iloaiei”, step by step
Podu Iloaiei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian pod
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pod | bridge; attic |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | подъ | under |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | pǫdъ | under, below, beneath (stationary) |
| 4 | Old Norse | pund | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 6 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via Romanian Iloaia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Iloaia | — |
| 2 | Romanian | -oaia | suffix forming many feminine Romanian surnames |
| 3 | Romanian | -ă | Forms certain female equivalent nouns |
| 4 | Latin | illa | nominative feminine singular of ille; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |