Where does “barmaniță” come from?
barmaniță (Romanian) comes from Romanian barman, from English barman, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją.
barmaniță (Romanian): female equivalent of barman; barmaid
Definitions
- female equivalent of barman; barmaid
Ancestry of “barmaniță”, step by step
barmaniță traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian barman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | barman | barman, bartender |
| 2 | English | barman | A man who works in a bar |
| 3 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 4 | German | bär | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 6 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |