Where does “vlăguitor” come from?

vlăguitor (Romanian) comes from Romanian vlăgui, from Romanian vlagă, from Serbo-Croatian vlaga, from Proto-Slavic volga, from Proto-Balto-Slavic wálˀgāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European wolg-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European welg- — wet, damp.

vlăguitor (Romanian): exhausting

Definitions

  1. exhausting

Ancestry of “vlăguitor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvlăguito deplete, exhaust, drain; to emaciate; to grow...
2Romanianvlagăpower, force, energy
3Serbo-Croatianvlagamoisture
4Proto-Slavicvolgamoisture
5Proto-Balto-Slavicwálˀgāˀ—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwolg-eh₂—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwelg-wet, damp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wolg-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic wálˀgāˀ →