English
Ialomița
Ialomița comes from Romanian Ialomița, from Old Church Slavonic ꙗловица ‘river of the barren land’, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic *jalovъ.
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*jalovъ‘barren’reconstructed
- Old Church Slavonicmodernꙗловъ‘barren’
- Old Church Slavonic, derivedmodernꙗловица‘river of the barren land’
- Romanianc. 1500–presentIalomița
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*jalovъ‘barren’reconstructed
- Old Church Slavonicmodernꙗловъ‘barren’
- Old Church Slavonic, derivedmodernꙗловица‘river of the barren land’
- Romanianc. 1500–presentIalomița
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Slavic *jalovъ
Today it means
name A county of Romania.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *jalovъ / Ialomița