Where does “Bârsău de Sus” come from?
Bârsău de Sus (Romanian) comes from Romanian Bârsău, from Hungarian Borszó, from Proto-Austronesian beRek, from English barrack, from French baraqué, from Spanish barraca, from Catalan barraca, from Catalan barra — to pierce; to strike; brown.
Ancestry of “Bârsău de Sus”, step by step
Bârsău de Sus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian Bârsău
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Bârsău | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | Borszó | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | beRek | — |
| 4 | English | barrack | A building for soldiers, especially within a... |
| 5 | French | baraqué | buff, yoked, beefy; past participle of baraquer |
| 6 | Spanish | barraca | barrack; tent, hut; storage shed |
| 7 | Catalan | barraca | hut, tent; storage shed; market stall |
| 8 | Catalan | barra | bar; loaf; jawbone, mandible |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | barra | barrier |
| 10 | Frankish | bara | bar, beam, barrier, fence |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | barō | beam, bar, barrier |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |
via Romanian de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | de | from; of; by |
| 2 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 3 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 4 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Romanian sus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | sus | up |
| 2 | Latin | sursum | above; upwards, up |
| 3 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 4 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |