Where does “oțeliu” come from?

oțeliu (Romanian) comes from Romanian -iu, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

oțeliu (Romanian): steel-colored

Definitions

  1. steel-colored

Ancestry of “oțeliu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-iuForms adjectives denoting characteristics or...
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Romanian -iu →
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