Where does “hibă” come from?

hibă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian hiba, from Proto-Slavic xyba, from Proto-Slavic xybati, from Proto-Indo-European kʷsewbʰ-.

hibă (Romanian): fault, flaw

Definitions

  1. fault, flaw

Ancestry of “hibă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhibamistake, error, fault; fault; defect, deficiency,...
2Proto-Slavicxybafault
3Proto-Slavicxybatito sway
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷsewbʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷsewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic xybati →Every word from Proto-Slavic xyba →
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