Where does “Brumaru” come from?

Brumaru (Romanian) comes from Romanian brumar, from Romanian brumă, from Latin brūma, from Latin brevima, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

Ancestry of “Brumaru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianbrumarNovember
2Romanianbrumăfrost; rime, hoarfrost
3Latinbrūmathe winter solstice
4Latinbrevimathe shortest
5Latinbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
6Proto-Italic*breɣʷis—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis →