Where does “Viile Satu Mare” come from?
Viile Satu Mare (Romanian) comes from Romanian vie, from Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.
Ancestry of “Viile Satu Mare”, step by step
Viile Satu Mare traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian vie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | vie | vineyard; vine; nominative feminine singular of... |
| 2 | Latin | vīvere | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
via Romanian saț
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | saț | the sensation of being full/satisfied/sated;... |
| 2 | Old Romanian | fsat | — |
| 3 | Latin | fossātum | }} trench particularly for military use, a ditch especially in earthwork fortifications |
| 4 | Latin | fossa | ditch, trench, moat; gutter, waterway; grave |
| 5 | Latin | fodiō | to dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰod- | to pierce, dig |