Where does “voios” come from?

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

voios (Romanian): bright, cheerful, joyful, jovial; spry

Definitions

  1. bright, cheerful, joyful, jovial; spry

Ancestry of “voios”, step by step

voios traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianosbone
2Latinossumbone; kernel, stone
3Latinōsmouth
4Proto-Italicōsmouth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone

via Romanian voie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvoiewill; permission

Words derived from “voios

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁