Where does “cernăuțeancă” come from?
cernăuțeancă (Romanian) comes from Romanian Cernăuțean, from Romanian Cernăuți, from Old East Slavic *Чьрновьцꙑ, from Old East Slavic Чьрнь, from Old East Slavic чьрнъ, from Proto-Slavic čьrnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kiršnas, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥snós — black, dirty; run; to run.
Ancestry of “cernăuțeancă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Cernăuțean | — |
| 2 | Romanian | Cernăuți | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | *Чьрновьцꙑ | — |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | Чьрнь | black, blackness |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | чьрнъ | black |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | čьrnъ | black |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | kiršnas | black |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥snós | black; dark, dusky |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kers- | black, dirty; run; to run |