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