Where does “țepar” come from?

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

țepar (Romanian): defrauder, crook

Definitions

  1. defrauder, crook

Ancestry of “țepar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianțeapăstick; spike; thorn, prick, spine, splinter
2Albaniantheppeak; point; cog
3Proto-Albaniantsaipa—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoypos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱoypos →Every word from Proto-Albanian tsaipa →Every word from Albanian thep →
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