Where does “pustiit” come from?

pustiit (Romanian) comes from Romanian pustiu, from Proto-Slavic pustyni, from Proto-Slavic pȗstъ — desolate; empty.

pustiit (Romanian): desolated

Definitions

  1. desolated

Ancestry of “pustiit”, step by step

pustiit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian pustiu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpustiudeserted, bare, desolate; desert, uninhabitated...
2Proto-Slavicpustynidesert, wilderness, wasteland
3Proto-Slavicpȗstъdesolate; empty

via Romanian pustii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpustiito desolate, to devastate
Every word from Proto-Slavic pȗstъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic pustyni →Every word from Romanian pustiu →