Where does “boiangiu” come from?

boiangiu (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بویاجی, from Ottoman Turkish بویا, from Old Anatolian Turkish boyaɣ, from Old Anatolian Turkish boδaɣ, from Proto-Turkic bodog, from Hungarian boldog — happy; blessed, beatified.

boiangiu (Romanian): dyer

Definitions

  1. dyer

Ancestry of “boiangiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبویاجیdyer
2Ottoman Turkishبویاcolor; dye; paint
3Old Anatolian Turkishboyaɣdye
4Old Anatolian Turkishboδaɣ—
5Proto-Turkicbodogpaint, dye
6Hungarianboldoghappy; blessed, beatified

Words derived from “boiangiu”

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