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
Ancestry of “hibă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | hiba | mistake, error, fault; fault; defect, deficiency,... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | xyba | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | xybati | to sway |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷsewbʰ- | — |