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Where does “șoricar” come from?

șoricar (Romanian) comes from Romanian ar, from Romanian ară, from Latin arō, from Proto-Italic araō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éryeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

șoricar (Romanian): buzzard; type of hunting dog that catches mice

Definitions

  1. buzzard; type of hunting dog that catches mice

Ancestry of “șoricar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianarwould; API; first-person singular present...
2Romanianară—
3Latinarō—
4Proto-Italicaraō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éryetito be ploughing
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erh₃-to plough
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth
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