Where does “măruntaie” come from?

măruntaie (Romanian) comes from Latin minūtalia, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

măruntaie (Romanian): entrails, viscera, bowels, pluck, guts,...

Definitions

  1. entrails, viscera, bowels, pluck, guts,...

Ancestry of “măruntaie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminūtalia
2Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
3Proto-Italicminwō
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-Every word from Proto-Italic minwōEvery word from Latin minūtus