Where does “mă” come from?

mă (Romanian) comes from Romanian mamă, from Latin mamma, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

mă (Romanian): me accusative

Definitions

  1. me accusative

Ancestry of “mă”, step by step

mă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian mamă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmamămother
2Latinmammaa breast; an udder; a pap; a teat, a dug
3Latinferōto bear; to carry
4Proto-Italicferōcarry, bear
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

via Latin mē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmēme, myself
2Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “mă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti →Every word from Proto-Italic ferō →