Where does “cinaș” come from?

cinaș (Romanian) comes from Hungarian csinos, from Hungarian csín, from Proto-Slavic činъ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey, from Proto-Indo-European kʷis — interrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

cinaș (Romanian): pretty

Definitions

  1. pretty

Ancestry of “cinaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsinospretty, neat, comely, good-looking; considerable,...
2Hungariancsínorder, orderliness, neatness
3Proto-Slavicčinъdignity
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷey—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷisinterrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

Words derived from “cinaș”

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