Where does “ordzu” come from?

ordzu (Aromanian) comes from Latin hordeum, from Proto-Italic horzdeom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom — bristly.

ordzu (Aromanian): barley

Definitions

  1. barley

Ancestry of “ordzu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhordeumbarley
2Proto-Italichorzdeom—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥sdeyombristly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom →Every word from Proto-Italic horzdeom →Every word from Latin hordeum →