Where does “trompetaș” come from?

trompetaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian trompetă, from French trompette, from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

trompetaș (Romanian): trumpeter

Definitions

  1. trumpeter

Ancestry of “trompetaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniantrompetătrumpet (brass instrument)
2Frenchtrompettetrumpet
3French-ettefemale equivalent of -et
4Latin-itta—
5Hungarianiszikto drink
6Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?
Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe- →Every word from French -ette →Every word from Hungarian iszik →