Where does “liniștos” come from?

liniștos (Romanian) comes from Romanian liniște, from Romanian -iște, from Old Church Slavonic -ище, from Proto-Slavic -išče, from Proto-Slavic isk-je.

liniștos (Romanian): tranquil

Definitions

  1. tranquil

Ancestry of “liniștos”, step by step

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—
Every word from Proto-Slavic isk-je →Every word from Proto-Slavic -išče →Every word from Romanian -iște →