Where does “ciondă” come from?

ciondă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian csoda, from Proto-Slavic čudo, from Proto-Slavic -išče, from Proto-Slavic isk-je.

ciondă (Romanian): monster

Definitions

  1. monster

Ancestry of “ciondă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsodamiracle, wonder
2Proto-Slavicčudomiracle, wonder
3Proto-Slavic-iščeDenominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,...
4Proto-Slavicisk-je—
Every word from Proto-Slavic isk-je →Every word from Proto-Slavic -išče →Every word from Proto-Slavic čudo →
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