Where does “vătui” come from?
vătui (Romanian) comes from Romanian vată, from German Watte, from Dutch watten, from French ouate — cotton wool; first-person singular present...
vătui (Romanian): yearling kid or hare; to pad; to wad
Definitions
- yearling kid or hare; to pad; to wad
Ancestry of “vătui”, step by step
vătui traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian vată
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | vată | wadding; cotton, cotton ball/pad, cotton wool |
| 2 | German | Watte | cotton wool |
| 3 | Dutch | watten | cotton wool |
| 4 | French | ouate | cotton wool; first-person singular present... |
via Vulgar Latin vituleus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | vituleus | — |
| 2 | Latin | vitulus | a bull calf |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wetelo- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wet- | year; year-old |
Words derived from “vătui”