spiriduș
Moldavian
noun
Definitions
- a small and mischievous mythical creature roughly synonymous with a kind of elf, imp, goblin, fairy, pixy, or gremlin
- (figuratively) a mischievous or unruly child
Etymology
Derived from Latin spiritus (breath, air).
Origin
Latin
spiritus
Gloss
breath, air
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
気
Emoji
🫁
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- spiritualis Latin
- spiritus Latin
- spīrituālis Latin
- spīrō Latin
- spirito Italian
- esprit French
- espíritu Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)peys- Proto-Indo-European
- sprit Norwegian Bokmål
- sprit Norwegian Nynorsk
- esprit Old French
- spirit Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- shpirt Albanian
- esperit Middle French
- espíritu Asturian
- spirt Friulian
- esperit Old Occitan
- spìritu Sicilian
- *spïrïd Proto-Brythonic
- spirt Ladin