Where does “boiengioaie” come from?

boiengioaie (Romanian) comes from Romanian boiangiu, 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.

boiengioaie (Romanian): dyer's woad

Definitions

  1. dyer's woad

Ancestry of “boiengioaie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianboiangiudyer
2Ottoman Turkishبویاجیdyer
3Ottoman Turkishبویاcolor; dye; paint
4Old Anatolian Turkishboyaɣdye
5Old Anatolian Turkishboδaɣ—
6Proto-Turkicbodogpaint, dye
7Hungarianboldoghappy; blessed, beatified
Every word from Hungarian boldog →