Where does “cărămizi” come from?
cărămizi (Romanian) comes from Romanian i, from Old Church Slavonic и, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.
cărămizi (Romanian): to become brick-colored
Definitions
- to become brick-colored
Ancestry of “cărămizi”, step by step
cărămizi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | i | and |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | и | and; him |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | jь | this; he |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | iś | this |
| 5 | Old Polish | ić | to go |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | jьti | to go |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | eitei | to go |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Romanian cărămidă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cărămidă | brick |
| 2 | Greek | κεραμίδι | tile; roof; house, roof over one's head |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κεραμίδιον | small tile |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κερᾰμῐ́ς | roof-tile |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ῐς | a woman pertaining to —; "suffix forming feminine... |