Where does “Sibișoara” come from?
Sibișoara (Romanian) comes from Hungarian sebes, from Hungarian seb, from English Sebastian, from Latin Sebastianus, from Latin Sebastus, from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός, from Latin Augustus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-.
Ancestry of “Sibișoara”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | sebes | wounded; fast, quick |
| 2 | Hungarian | seb | wound |
| 3 | English | Sebastian | — |
| 4 | Latin | Sebastianus | — |
| 5 | Latin | Sebastus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Σεβαστός | august, venerable, exalted |
| 7 | Latin | Augustus | venerable |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |