Where does “lăieș” come from?

lăieș (Romanian) comes from Romanian laie, from Romanian lai, from Albanian ljaj.

lăieș (Romanian): nomadic Roma person

Definitions

  1. nomadic Roma person

Ancestry of “lăieș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlaienominative feminine singular of lai; accusative...
2Romanianlaiblack (or black mixed with white), gray
3Albanianljaj—

Words derived from “lăieș”

Every word from Albanian ljaj →Every word from Romanian lai →Every word from Romanian laie →
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