Where does “scufundat” come from?

scufundat (Romanian) comes from Romanian scufunda, from Vulgar Latin *excōnfundāre, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

scufundat (Romanian): immersed, submerged; past participle of scufunda

Definitions

  1. immersed, submerged; past participle of scufunda

Ancestry of “scufundat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscufundato sink; to submerge, immerse
2Vulgar Latin*excōnfundāre—
3Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn →
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