Where does “sămăhoancă” come from?
sămăhoancă (Romanian) comes from Russian самогонка, from Russian самого́н, from Russian само-, from Russian сам, from Old East Slavic самъ, from Proto-Slavic samъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sāmas, from Proto-Indo-European somHós — together, one.
sămăhoancă (Romanian): moonshine, homemade alcoholic beverage
Definitions
- moonshine, homemade alcoholic beverage
Ancestry of “sămăhoancă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | самогонка | moonshine, samogon |
| 2 | Russian | самого́н | homebrew, samogon, moonshine |
| 3 | Russian | само- | auto-, self- |
| 4 | Russian | сам | self, -self |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | самъ | self, oneself, alone |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | samъ | self, oneself |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sāmas | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | somHós | same, alike |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |