Where does “moșică” come from?
moșică (Romanian) comes from Romanian moașă, from Romanian moș, from German maß, from Middle High German māz, from Old High German māza, from Pali mātu, from Proto-Germanic mētō, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.
moșică (Romanian): small midwife
Definitions
- small midwife
Ancestry of “moșică”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | moașă | midwife; old woman |
| 2 | Romanian | moș | an old man |
| 3 | German | maß | first/third-person singular preterite of messen |
| 4 | Middle High German | māz | — |
| 5 | Old High German | māza | — |
| 6 | Pali | mātu | gen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mētō | measure; size |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |