Where does “plesnaie” come from?

plesnaie (Romanian) comes from Romanian trăsnaie, from Romanian -aie, from Latin -ālia, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

plesnaie (Romanian): an unusual and unexpected idea

Definitions

  1. an unusual and unexpected idea

Ancestry of “plesnaie”, step by step

plesnaie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian trăsnaie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniantrăsnaiemischief
2Romanian-aieused to form collective nouns with some words
3Latin-ālia—
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

via Romanian plesni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianplesnito spank, thwack, hit, strike; to crack or break...
2Old Church Slavonicплеснѫти—
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālia →