Where does “piglais” come from?

piglais (Romanian) comes from German Bügeleisen, from German eisen, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

piglais (Romanian): iron (for ironing clothes)

Definitions

  1. iron (for ironing clothes)

Ancestry of “piglais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBügeleiseniron
2GermaneisenTo freeze; of iron
3German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
4Middle High German-en—
5Old High German-īn—
6Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from German -en →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →