Where does “est-german” come from?

est-german (Romanian) comes from Romanian est, from French est, from Middle French est, from Old French est, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

est-german (Romanian): East German

Definitions

  1. East German

Ancestry of “est-german”, step by step

est-german traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian est

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianesteast
2Frenchesteast; third-person singular present indicative of...
3Middle Frenchestthird-person singular present indicative of estre
4Old Frenchestthird-person singular present indicative of estre
5Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

via Romanian german

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomaniangermanGerman; a German person
2LatinGermānus
3Latingermenshoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo,...
4Proto-Italicgenamen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁mn̥offspring, seed
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es-
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