Where does “pândaș” come from?

pândaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian pândă, from Romanian pândi, from Old Church Slavonic пѫдити, from Proto-Slavic pǫditi, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pond-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

pândaș (Romanian): ambusher, watcher

Definitions

  1. ambusher, watcher

Ancestry of “pândaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpândălurking, lying in ambush
2Romanianpândito watch, lurk, wait for, lie in wait, lie in...
3Old Church Slavonicпѫдити—
4Proto-Slavicpǫditito chase
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pond-éye-ti—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pond-éye-ti →Every word from Proto-Slavic pǫditi →