Where does “moșire” come from?
moșire (Romanian) comes from Romanian moși, 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 — to measure; to give advice; healing.
moșire (Romanian): midwifing
Definitions
- midwifing
Ancestry of “moșire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | moși | to midwife |
| 2 | Romanian | moașă | midwife; old woman |
| 3 | Romanian | moș | an old man |
| 4 | German | maß | first/third-person singular preterite of messen |
| 5 | Middle High German | māz | — |
| 6 | Old High German | māza | — |
| 7 | Pali | mātu | gen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | mētō | measure; size |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |