Where does “Topolovățu Mare” come from?

Topolovățu Mare (Romanian) comes from Romanian mare, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

Ancestry of “Topolovățu Mare”, step by step

Topolovățu Mare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian mare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmarebig, large, great; great, mighty; sea
2Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
3Proto-Italicmarisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Romanian Topolovăț

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianTopolovăț—
2Serbo-CroatianTopolovac—
3Serbo-Croatian-ovac—
4Proto-Slavicmalъsmall; little
5Proto-Indo-European(s)mal-small; little
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Italic mari →