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Vișinești

Vișinești comes from Romanian vișină ‘sour cherry’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weyḱs- ‘mistletoe’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyḱs-‘mistletoe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*weiśinjāˀreconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*višьňa‘sour cherry’reconstructed
  4. Old Church Slavonicmodernвишьнꙗvišĭnja
  5. Bulgarianmodernвишна‘sour cherry’
  6. Romanianc. 1500–presentvișină‘sour cherry’
  7. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentVișinești
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyḱs-‘mistletoe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*weiśinjāˀreconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*višьňa‘sour cherry’reconstructed
  4. Old Church Slavonicmodernвишьнꙗvišĭnja
  5. Bulgarianmodernвишна‘sour cherry’
  6. Romanianc. 1500–presentvișină‘sour cherry’
  7. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentVișinești
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyḱs- ‘mistletoe’

viscous, viscose, 3 more

Today it means

name A village and commune of Dâmbovița County, Romania.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyḱs- / Vișinești

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