Where does “moștenitor” come from?
moștenitor (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.
moștenitor (Romanian): successor; inheritor, heir
Definitions
- successor; inheritor, heir
Ancestry of “moștenitor”, 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 |