Where does “voioșie” come from?

voioșie (Romanian) comes from Romanian voios, from Romanian os, from Latin ossum, from Latin ōs, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.

voioșie (Romanian): joy

Definitions

  1. joy

Ancestry of “voioșie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvoiosbright, cheerful, joyful, jovial; spry
2Romanianosbone
3Latinossumbone; kernel, stone
4Latinōsmouth
5Proto-Italicōsmouth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →