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 ; Eurasian jay; a chatty woman; lamp oil,...
Definitions
- jay ; Eurasian jay; a chatty woman; lamp oil,...
Ancestry of “gaiță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |