Where does “Scînteianu” come from?
Scînteianu (Romanian) comes from Romanian scânteia, from Romanian scânteie, from Latin scantilia, from Latin scintilla, from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
Ancestry of “Scînteianu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | scânteia | to sparkle, glimmer, shimmer, scintillate |
| 2 | Romanian | scânteie | spark; sparkle, glint, gleam; scintilla |
| 3 | Latin | scantilia | — |
| 4 | Latin | scintilla | spark; glimmer |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ski-nto- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |