Where does “nebuni” come from?
nebuni (Romanian) comes from Romanian i, from Old Church Slavonic и, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.
nebuni (Romanian): to go crazy, go mad; to drive crazy
Definitions
- to go crazy, go mad; to drive crazy
Ancestry of “nebuni”, step by step
nebuni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | i | and |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | и | and; him |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | jь | this; he |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | iś | this |
| 5 | Old Polish | ić | to go |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | jьti | to go |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | eitei | to go |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Romanian nebun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | nebun | crazy, insane; madman; bishop |
| 2 | Romanian | bun | good; good, asset, possession; grandfather |
| 3 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 4 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |