Where does “mamorniță” come from?

mamorniță (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.

mamorniță (Romanian): a fat and sluggish woman

Definitions

  1. a fat and sluggish woman

Ancestry of “mamorniță”, step by step

mamorniță 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 Romanian baborniță

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbabornițăhag
2Romanianbabăold woman
3Old Church Slavonicбабаgrandmother; midwife; wet nurse
4Proto-Slavicbabaold woman; grandmother; midwife
5Proto-Balto-Slavicbā́ˀbāˀold woman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti →Every word from Proto-Italic ferō →