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
Ancestry of “voioșie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | voios | bright, cheerful, joyful, jovial; spry |
| 2 | Romanian | os | bone |
| 3 | Latin | ossum | bone; kernel, stone |
| 4 | Latin | ōs | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | ōs | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ésth₁ | bone |