Where does “moșnean” come from?
moșnean (Romanian) comes from Romanian moștean, 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.
moșnean (Romanian): free peasant
Definitions
- free peasant
Ancestry of “moșnean”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | moștean | free peasant |
| 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 |