Where does “rotmistru” come from?
rotmistru (Romanian) comes from Polish rotmistrz, from German Rittmeister, from German ritt, from German reiten, from Middle High German rīten, from Old High German rītan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną — to fit, to fix, to put together.
rotmistru (Romanian): cavalry officer
Definitions
- cavalry officer
Ancestry of “rotmistru”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | rotmistrz | cavalry officer |
| 2 | German | Rittmeister | A cavalry officer |
| 3 | German | ritt | first/third-person singular preterite of reiten |
| 4 | German | reiten | to travel on a mount; to ride; to do horseriding;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | rīten | to ride |
| 6 | Old High German | rītan | to ride |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |