Where does “nemțesc” come from?
nemțesc (Romanian) comes from Romanian neamț, from Old Church Slavonic нѣмьць, from Proto-Slavic němьcь, from Proto-Slavic němъ — unclear or incomprehensible speaker, muttering,...
nemțesc (Romanian): German
Ancestry of “nemțesc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | neamț | — |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | нѣмьць | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | němьcь | foreigner, non-Slav; specifically, a speaker of a... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | němъ | unclear or incomprehensible speaker, muttering,... |