Where does “ninsoare” come from?
ninsoare (Romanian) comes from Romanian nins, from Latin ninge, from Latin ninxi, from Latin ningit, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.
ninsoare (Romanian): snowfall; snow
Ancestry of “ninsoare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | nins | past participle of ninge: snowed; snowy, covered... |
| 2 | Latin | ninge | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | ninxi | first-person singular perfect active indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | ningit | It snows; it is snowing |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sneygʷʰ- | to snow |