Where does “dăscăli” come from?
dăscăli (Romanian) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.
dăscăli (Romanian): to teach
Definitions
- to teach
Ancestry of “dăscăli”, step by step
dăscăli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | i | and |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | и | and; him |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | jь | this; he |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | iś | this |
| 5 | Old Polish | ić | to go |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | jьti | to go |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | eitei | to go |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Romanian dascăl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | dascăl | teacher, professor; scholar; cantor, leader of a... |
| 2 | Greek | δάσκαλος | teacher; instructor; great artist |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | διδάσκαλος | teacher, master, director |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | διδάσκω | I teach, instruct, train |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -σκω | Primitive suffix used to form present-tense... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -sḱéti | Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs... |