köken: Probably from Middle High German hurrā, an imperative from hurren (“to move quickly”), from Proto-Germanic *hurzaną (“to rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).
yes, indeed · emphatic particle used with imperatives
zıt: nie
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ōd Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō Proto-Slavic *a Proto-Indo-European *h₂énos Proto-Balto-Slavic *anas Proto-Slavic *onъ Proto-Slavic *ono univ. Proto-Slavic *ano Old Polish ano Polish ano Inherited from Old Polish ano.
köken: Inherited from Old Czech ano, from Proto-Slavic *ano. Compare Slovak áno (“yes”), Polish ano (“yes, indeed”). First attested in the 15th century.
köken: Borrowed from Bulgarian да (da). First attested in the 1810’s in the poems of Iancu Văcărescu, having entered the language from the common speech of Muntenia and spreading to other regions starting in the 1860’s. Before, Romanian used echo answers or a variety of affirmative adverbs including așa, adevărat or bine. da does not feature in Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Istro-Romanian. An…