Where does “liniști” come from?

liniști (Romanian) comes from Romanian i, from Old Church Slavonic и, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.

liniști (Romanian): to calm; to calm oneself, to settle down

Definitions

  1. to calm; to calm oneself, to settle down

Ancestry of “liniști”, step by step

liniști traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiand
2Old Church Slavonicиand; him
3Proto-Slavicthis; he
4Proto-Balto-Slavicthis
5Old Polishto go
6Proto-Slavicjьtito go
7Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Romanian liniște

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianliniștesilence, calm, quiet; peace, serenity,...
2Romanian-iștenoun suffix used to denote a place
3Old Church Slavonic-ище
4Proto-Slavic-iščeDenominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,...
5Proto-Slavicisk-je

Words derived from “liniști

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éytiEvery word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei