Where does “ștrengar” come from?

ștrengar (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.

ștrengar (Romanian): an energetic, brazen, unruly kid

Definitions

  1. an energetic, brazen, unruly kid

Ancestry of “ștrengar”, step by step

ștrengar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian ar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianarwould; API; first-person singular present...
2Romanianarăto plough
3Latinarōto plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage
4Proto-Italicaraōto plough
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éryetito be ploughing
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erh₃-to plough
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Romanian ștreang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianștreangnoose
2GermanStrangthread; cord
3Middle High Germanstrank
4Old High Germanstranc
5Proto-Germanicstrangizstring
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstrengʰ-to twist; rope, cord
7Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “ștrengar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂erh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éryeti