Where does “lotaș” come from?

lotaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian lăută, from Ottoman Turkish لاؤطه, from Arabic عود, from Arabic عَادَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

lotaș (Romanian): fiddler

Definitions

  1. fiddler

Ancestry of “lotaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlăutălute
2Ottoman Turkishلاؤطهlavta, laouto, lute
3Arabicعودwood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig
4Arabicعَادَto return, go back
5Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
6PersianیاAPI •; or; either
7Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →