Where does “mielăreasă” come from?
mielăreasă (Romanian) comes from Romanian mielar, from Romanian miel, from Romanian mioară, from Romanian mior, from Latin agnelliōlus, from Latin agnellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Ancestry of “mielăreasă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | mielar | shepherd of lambs |
| 2 | Romanian | miel | lamb; cock, penis |
| 3 | Romanian | mioară | ewe lamb |
| 4 | Romanian | mior | lamb of two years |
| 5 | Latin | agnelliōlus | — |
| 6 | Latin | agnellus | a little lamb, lambkin |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |