Where does “sătmăreancă” come from?
sătmăreancă (Romanian) comes from Romanian sătmărean, from Romanian Satu Mare, from English Satmar, from Yiddish סאַטמאַר, from Hungarian Szatmár, from Turkish sat, from Turkish satmak, from Ottoman Turkish صاتمق — to sell.
Ancestry of “sătmăreancă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | sătmărean | — |
| 2 | Romanian | Satu Mare | — |
| 3 | English | Satmar | A member of the Satmar movement |
| 4 | Yiddish | סאַטמאַר | Satmar Hasidic dynasty |
| 5 | Hungarian | Szatmár | — |
| 6 | Turkish | sat | imperative of satmak |
| 7 | Turkish | satmak | to sell, market; to betray |
| 8 | Ottoman Turkish | صاتمق | to sell, deal in, palm off, foist |
| 9 | Proto-Turkic | sat- | to sell |