Where does “suflețel” come from?
suflețel (Romanian) comes from Romanian suflet, from Vulgar Latin *sufflitum, from Latin sufflō, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
suflețel (Romanian): little soul
Definitions
- little soul
Ancestry of “suflețel”, step by step
suflețel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian suflet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | suflet | soul, spirit |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *sufflitum | — |
| 3 | Latin | sufflō | to blow, puff up, inflate |
| 4 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |