Where does “sloveni” come from?

sloveni (Romanian) comes 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.

sloveni (Romanian): Slovene/Slovenian

Definitions

  1. Slovene/Slovenian

Ancestry of “sloveni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianslovăletter
2Old Church Slavonicсловоword, speech; written text; mind, reason
3Proto-Slavicslȍvoword
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱléwosfame
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “sloveni”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱléwos →