Where does “scânteiță” come from?

scânteiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian scânteie, from Latin scantilia, from Latin scintilla, from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Ancestry of “scânteiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscânteiespark; sparkle, glint, gleam; scintilla
2Latinscantilia—
3Latinscintillaspark; glimmer
4Proto-Indo-Europeanski-nto-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto- →