Where does “găițișoară” come from?
găițișoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian gaiță, from Romanian gaz, from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā.
găițișoară (Romanian): European roller (Coracias garrulus)
Definitions
- European roller (Coracias garrulus)
Ancestry of “găițișoară”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | gaiță | jay bird; Eurasian jay |
| 2 | Romanian | gaz | gas |
| 3 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 4 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 6 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 7 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |