Where does “alunar” come from?
alunar (Romanian) comes from Romanian alună, from Latin abellona, from Latin abellana, from Latin -ās, from Latin -ātis, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
alunar (Romanian): nut seller, nut vendor; nutcracker , Eurasian...
Definitions
- nut seller, nut vendor; nutcracker , Eurasian...
Ancestry of “alunar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | alună | hazelnut, filbert, hazel; peanut, groundnut;... |
| 2 | Latin | abellona | — |
| 3 | Latin | abellana | filbert, hazelnut |
| 4 | Latin | -ās | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ātis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |