Where does “sămostrea” come from?
sămostrea (Romanian) comes from Polish samostrzał, from Polish samo-, from Polish -o-, from Old Polish -o-, from Proto-Slavic -o-.
sămostrea (Romanian): crossbow
Definitions
- crossbow
Ancestry of “sămostrea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | samostrzał | crossbow |
| 2 | Polish | samo- | self-, auto- |
| 3 | Polish | -o- | — |
| 4 | Old Polish | -o- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -o- | — |