Where does “iobăgime” come from?

iobăgime (Romanian) comes from Romanian iobag, from Hungarian jobbágy, from Hungarian jobb, from Hungarian jó, from Proto-Ugric jomɜ — good.

iobăgime (Romanian): collective noun for serfs

Definitions

  1. collective noun for serfs

Ancestry of “iobăgime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiobagserf
2Hungarianjobbágyserf, villein
3Hungarianjobbbetter
4Hungarianjógood good for something (can be used for)
5Proto-Ugricjomɜgood
Every word from Proto-Ugric jomɜ →Every word from Hungarian jó →Every word from Hungarian jobb →