Where does “sloveneț” come from?

sloveneț (Romanian) comes from Romanian sloveni, from Romanian slovă, from Old Church Slavonic слово, from Proto-Slavic slȍvo, from Proto-Indo-European ḱléwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

sloveneț (Romanian): eloquent, articulate

Definitions

  1. eloquent, articulate

Ancestry of “sloveneț”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomaniansloveniSlovene/Slovenian
2Romanianslovăletter
3Old Church Slavonicсловоword, speech; written text; mind, reason
4Proto-Slavicslȍvoword
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱléwosfame
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱléwos →