Where does “putregai” come from?
putregai (Romanian) comes from Romanian mucegai, from Romanian i, from Old Church Slavonic и, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei — to go.
putregai (Romanian): rottenness; rotten thing; rot
Definitions
- rottenness; rotten thing; rot
Ancestry of “putregai”, step by step
putregai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian mucegai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | mucegai | mold, mildew; moldiness, mustiness |
| 2 | Romanian | i | and |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | и | and; him |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | jь | this; he |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | iś | this |
| 6 | Old Polish | ić | to go |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | jьti | to go |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | eitei | to go |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Romanian putred
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | putred | putrid, rotten; corrupt |
| 2 | Latin | putridus | rotten, decayed, putrid; withered |
| 3 | Latin | pūtreō | to be rotten, decaying, putrid |
| 4 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |