Where does “moțăială” come from?

moțăială (Romanian) comes from Polabian motai, from Proto-Slavic mati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

moțăială (Romanian): dozing

Definitions

  1. dozing

Ancestry of “moțăială”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polabianmotaimother
2Proto-Slavicmatimother
3Proto-Balto-Slavicmā́ˀtēmother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic mā́ˀtē →Every word from Proto-Slavic mati →