Where does “haltă” come from?

haltă (Romanian) comes from French halte, from German Halt, from Middle High German halt, from Proto-Germanic *haldiz.

haltă (Romanian): small railway station

Definitions

  1. small railway station

Ancestry of “haltă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhaltehalt, pause, break; halting place; flag stop, way...
2GermanHalthold; adhesion; foothold; grip; support
3Middle High Germanhalt—
4Proto-Germanic*haldiz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *haldiz →Every word from Middle High German halt →Every word from German Halt →