Where does “moștenire” come from?
moștenire (Romanian) comes from Romanian moșteni, 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.
moștenire (Romanian): inheritance
Definitions
- inheritance
Ancestry of “moștenire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | moșteni | to inherit |
| 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 |