Where does “lărmălaie” come from?
lărmălaie (Romanian) comes from Romanian larmă, from Hungarian lárma, from German Lärm, from Italian all'arme, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti — to stand.
lărmălaie (Romanian): noise
Definitions
- noise
Ancestry of “lărmălaie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | larmă | noise |
| 2 | Hungarian | lárma | loud noise, clamor |
| 3 | German | Lärm | annoying noise; noise |
| 4 | Italian | all'arme | a command to take up arms and be ready to fight: to arms! |
| 5 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 6 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 7 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |