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Where does “uzi” come from?

uzi (Romanian) comes from Romanian ud, from Latin ūdus, from Latin uvidus, from Latin uveo, from Proto-Indo-European wegʷ- — wet, moist.

uzi (Romanian): nominative masculine plural of ud; accusative...

Definitions

  1. nominative masculine plural of ud; accusative...

Ancestry of “uzi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianudwet; moist; urine
2Latinūdus—
3Latinuvidusmoist, wet, damp, humid, dank; drunken; vapid
4Latinuveo—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwegʷ-wet, moist
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