Where does “cin” come from?

cin (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic чинъ, from Proto-Slavic činъ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey, from Proto-Indo-European kʷis — interrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

cin (Romanian): high social position in the Middle Ages

Definitions

  1. high social position in the Middle Ages

Ancestry of “cin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicчинъorder; rank; rule
2Proto-Slavicčinъdignity
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷey—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷisinterrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

Words derived from “cin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷey →Every word from Proto-Slavic činъ →