Where does “șiret” come from?

șiret (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish شرت, from Arabic شِرَّة.

șiret (Romanian): cord; lace, shoelace, shoestring; sly, cunning,...

Definitions

  1. cord; lace, shoelace, shoestring; sly, cunning,...

Ancestry of “șiret”, step by step

șiret traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish شرت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishشرتmalice; ill will
2Arabicشِرَّة—

via Old East Slavic Серетъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East SlavicСеретъ—

Words derived from “șiret”

Every word from Arabic شِرَّة →Every word from Ottoman Turkish شرت →