Where does “moșnenie” come from?
moșnenie (Romanian) comes from Romanian moșnean, 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 — to measure; to give advice; healing.
moșnenie (Romanian): inheritance
Definitions
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Ancestry of “moșnenie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | moșnean | free peasant |
| 2 | Romanian | moștean | free peasant |
| 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 |