Where does “moțăitură” come from?

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

moțăitură (Romanian): drowsiness

Definitions

  1. drowsiness

Ancestry of “moțăitură”, 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 →