Where does “scânteia” come from?
scânteia (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.
scânteia (Romanian): to sparkle, glimmer, shimmer, scintillate
Definitions
- to sparkle, glimmer, shimmer, scintillate
Ancestry of “scânteia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | scânteie | spark; sparkle, glint, gleam; scintilla |
| 2 | Latin | scantilia | — |
| 3 | Latin | scintilla | spark; glimmer |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ski-nto- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |