Where does “țepușă” come from?

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

țepușă (Romanian): sharp stick

Definitions

  1. sharp stick

Ancestry of “țepușă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianțeapăstick; spike; thorn, prick, spine, splinter
2Albaniantheppeak; point; cog
3Proto-Albaniantsaipa—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoypos—

Words derived from “țepușă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱoypos →Every word from Proto-Albanian tsaipa →Every word from Albanian thep →