Where does “botoșăneancă” come from?
botoșăneancă (Romanian) comes from Romanian botoșănean, from Romanian Botoșani, from Romanian Botoș, from Romanian bot, from English bot, from English bottom, from Middle English botme, from Old English botm — smoke; mist, haze.
Ancestry of “botoșăneancă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | botoșănean | — |
| 2 | Romanian | Botoșani | — |
| 3 | Romanian | Botoș | — |
| 4 | Romanian | bot | snout, mouth; mouth; bump |
| 5 | English | bot | The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of... |
| 6 | English | bottom | The lowest part of anything; Character,... |
| 7 | Middle English | botme | The lowest section of something; the bottom,... |
| 8 | Old English | botm | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | butmaz | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |