Where does “prăpădui” come from?
prăpădui (Romanian) comes from Romanian prăpăd, from Romanian prăpădi, from Bulgarian пропадам, from Bulgarian па́дам, from Proto-Slavic pàdati — to fall, to topple down.
prăpădui (Romanian): to ravage
Definitions
- to ravage
Ancestry of “prăpădui”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | prăpăd | havoc |
| 2 | Romanian | prăpădi | to ravage, lay waste, annihilate, destroy; to... |
| 3 | Bulgarian | пропадам | to fall through, to sink to fall suddenly into a deep hollow, hole, opening, or empty space |
| 4 | Bulgarian | па́дам | to fall, to drop to descend into a lower position |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | pàdati | to fall, to topple down |