Where does “gaiță de munte” come from?
gaiță de munte (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.
gaiță de munte (Romanian): spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
Definitions
- spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
Ancestry of “gaiță de munte”, step by step
gaiță de munte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian gaiță
| 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 | — |