Where does “Ciurdar” come from?

Ciurdar (English) comes from Romanian ciurdar, from Romanian ciurdă, from Hungarian csorda, from Proto-Slavic čerda, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

Ancestry of “Ciurdar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianciurdarcowherd
2Romanianciurdăherd, flock of animals, especially not horned animals
3Hungariancsordaherd
4Proto-Slavicčerdafile, herd
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic čerda →Every word from Hungarian csorda →
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