Where does “putinei” come from?
putinei (Romanian) comes from Romanian puținel, from Romanian -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
putinei (Romanian): barrel used for churning butter
Definitions
- barrel used for churning butter
Ancestry of “putinei”, step by step
putinei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian puținel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | puținel | — |
| 2 | Romanian | -el | used to form a masculine diminutive of a word... |
| 3 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Romanian putină
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | putină | barrel, cask |