Where does “șumărel” come from?
șumărel (Romanian) comes from Romanian șumar, from Serbo-Croatian šumar, from Serbo-Croatian šuma, from Latin summa, from Latin summus, from Proto-Italic supemos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)úp-m̥mo-s, from Proto-Indo-European upó.
Ancestry of “șumărel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | șumar | ranger, forester |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | šumar | ranger, forester |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | šuma | forest, woods; genitive singular of šum |
| 4 | Latin | summa | top, summit, highest point or place; the... |
| 5 | Latin | summus | highest, greatest, the most high; top, on top |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | supemos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)úp-m̥mo-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |