Where does “nemți” come from?

nemți (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.

nemți (Romanian): to become German

Definitions

  1. to become German

Ancestry of “nemți”, step by step

nemți traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiand
2Old Church Slavonicиand; him
3Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
4Proto-Balto-Slaviciśthis
5Old Polishićto go
6Proto-Slavicjьtito go
7Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Romanian neamț

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianneamța German
2Old Church Slavonicнѣмьць—
3Proto-Slavicněmьcьforeigner, non-Slav; specifically, a speaker of a...
4Proto-Slavicněmъunclear or incomprehensible speaker, muttering,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei →