Where does “Sâncraiu de Mureș” come from?
Sâncraiu de Mureș (Romanian) comes from Romanian Sâncrai, from Romanian sân, from Latin sinus, from Arabic جَيْب, from Sanskrit ज्या, from Sanskrit जीव, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́iHwás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰiHwás — to live.
Ancestry of “Sâncraiu de Mureș”, step by step
Sâncraiu de Mureș traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian Sâncrai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Sâncrai | — |
| 2 | Romanian | sân | breast |
| 3 | Latin | sinus | a hollow, cavity; curve, fold, winding; gulf, bay |
| 4 | Arabic | جَيْب | pocket; opening in a garment; pocket; bosom, fold... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | ज्या | bow-string, tendon; sine |
| 6 | Sanskrit | जीव | alive, living; life, existence; any living being,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́iHwás | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰiHwás | alive |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |