Where does “molitvă” come from?

molitvă (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic молитва, from Proto-Slavic modlitva, from Proto-Slavic modliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic malditei, from Proto-Indo-European meldʰ- — to ask, pray, speak; lightning.

molitvă (Romanian): prayer performed by Orthodox priests

Definitions

  1. prayer performed by Orthodox priests

Ancestry of “molitvă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicмолитваprayer; request
2Proto-Slavicmodlitvaprayer
3Proto-Slavicmodlitito ask, pray
4Proto-Balto-Slavicmalditei—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeldʰ-to ask, pray, speak; lightning
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meldʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic malditei →Every word from Proto-Slavic modliti →