Romanian words from Old Church Slavonic
65 Romanian words with Old Church Slavonic in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages (page 2).
veste
It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вѣсть (věstĭ, “news, report”). The Slavonic word continues Proto-Slavic *věstь, formed with *-tь on the root of *věděti (“to know”). Ciorănescu compares…
vină
It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вина (vina, “cause; guilt”), as DER, MDA2, DEX and Wiktionary agree. Ciorănescu glosses the Slavonic word as “accusation”, after Miklosich and Cihac; Scriban…
voie
It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic волꙗ (volja, “will”), the Slavonic of the church and chancery: DEX, MDA2, DLR, Tiktin and Scriban agree. DER names the word in Serbian, Slovene, Polish and…
vorbă
Its origin is uncertain. The explanation most sources favour is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic дворьба (dvorĭba, “service, attendance at court”), from Proto-Slavic *dvorъ (“court”), an…
vreme
It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врѣмѧ (vrěmę, “time, season”), from Proto-Slavic *vermę (“time”). DEX gives the Slavonic word in its stem form. It survives south of the Danube as…