Where does “convorbi” come from?
convorbi (Romanian) comes from Romanian vorbi, 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 — to go.
convorbi (Romanian): to converse
Definitions
- to converse
Ancestry of “convorbi”, step by step
convorbi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian vorbi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | vorbi | to speak; to talk |
| 2 | Romanian | i | and |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | и | and; him |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | jь | this; he |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | iś | this |
| 6 | Old Polish | ić | to go |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | jьti | to go |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | eitei | to go |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via German unterreden
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | unterreden | to converse |
| 2 | German | unter- | sub-, under- |
| 3 | German | Unter | jack, knave |
| 4 | Middle High German | under | — |
| 5 | Old High German | untar | under |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | under | among, between; under, beneath; under |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |