Where does “Poiana Vadului” come from?
Poiana Vadului (Romanian) comes from Romanian vad, from Latin vadum, from Proto-Italic waðom, from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom.
Ancestry of “Poiana Vadului”, step by step
Poiana Vadului traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian vad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | vad | ford |
| 2 | Latin | vadum | A shallow, ford, shoal; A body of water; sea,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | waðom | ford, shallow water |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wadʰom | — |
via Romanian poiană
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | poiană | clearing, glade |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | poljana | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *poľana | meadow, glade |
Words derived from “Poiana Vadului”