Where does “năsoi” come from?

năsoi (Romanian) comes from Romanian naș, from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

Ancestry of “năsoi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannașgodfather
2LatinnāsusThe nose
3Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European
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