Where does “dezmoștenire” come from?
dezmoștenire (Romanian) comes from Romanian dezmoșteni, from Romanian moșteni, from Romanian moștean, from Romanian moș, from German maß, from Middle High German māz, from Old High German māza, from Pali mātu — to measure; to give advice; healing.
dezmoștenire (Romanian): disinheritance
Definitions
- disinheritance
Ancestry of “dezmoștenire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | dezmoșteni | disown |
| 2 | Romanian | moșteni | to inherit |
| 3 | Romanian | moștean | free peasant |
| 4 | Romanian | moș | an old man |
| 5 | German | maß | first/third-person singular preterite of messen |
| 6 | Middle High German | māz | — |
| 7 | Old High German | māza | — |
| 8 | Pali | mātu | gen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | mētō | measure; size |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |