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Where does “lopată” come from?

lopată (Romanian) comes from Romanian -nic, from Old English ne, from Old English ealles, from Old English -es, from Proto-Germanic -as, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

lopată (Romanian): shovel, spade

Definitions

  1. shovel, spade

Ancestry of “lopată”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-nic—
2Old Englishnenot; or, and not; "ne... ne..." is used to mean "...
3Old Englisheallescompletely, wholly, entirely; totally,...
4Old English-espossessive marker, indicating that an object...
5Proto-Germanic-as—
6Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
7Proto-Indo-European-ess—
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “lopată”

  • lopătar
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