Where does “strămoștean” come from?
strămoștean (Romanian) comes from Romanian moștean, from Romanian moș, from German maß, from Middle High German māz, from Old High German māza, from Pali mātu, from Proto-Germanic mētō, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.
strămoștean (Romanian): inheritor
Definitions
- inheritor
Ancestry of “strămoștean”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | moștean | free peasant |
| 2 | Romanian | moș | an old man |
| 3 | German | maß | first/third-person singular preterite of messen |
| 4 | Middle High German | māz | — |
| 5 | Old High German | māza | — |
| 6 | Pali | mātu | gen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mētō | measure; size |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |