Where does “țeapă” come from?

țeapă (Romanian) comes from Albanian thep, from Proto-Albanian tsaipa, from Proto-Indo-European ḱoypos.

țeapă (Romanian): stick; spike; thorn, prick, spine, splinter

Definitions

  1. stick; spike; thorn, prick, spine, splinter

Ancestry of “țeapă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniantheppeak; point; cog
2Proto-Albaniantsaipa
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoypos

Words derived from “țeapă

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱoyposEvery word from Proto-Albanian tsaipaEvery word from Albanian thep