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Fundeni

Fundeni comes from Romanian fund ‘bottom’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰmḗn‘bottom’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰnósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰundʰósreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fundosreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundus‘bottom’
  6. Romanianc. 1500–presentfund‘bottom’
  7. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentFundeni
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰmḗn‘bottom’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰnósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰundʰósreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fundosreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundus‘bottom’
  6. Romanianc. 1500–presentfund‘bottom’
  7. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentFundeni
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ‘to sink in’

deep, dumb, dave, depth, dip, deaf, dove, dub, bottomless, typhus, doof, 20 more

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ‘bottom’

bottom, bot, bourne, 14 more

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós

butte, 9 more

through Proto-Italic *fundos

fonds, 9 more

through Latin fundus ‘bottom’

foundation, founder, fundamental, honda, fond, profundity, fundus, 10 more

Today it means

name Various villages and communes of Romania.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn / Fundeni