Where does “Gherteniș” come from?
Gherteniș (Romanian) comes from Hungarian Gyertyámos, from Hungarian gyertyán, from Hungarian gyertya, from Chuvash ҫурта, from Proto-Turkic *yārtu — something split off.
Ancestry of “Gherteniș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Gyertyámos | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | gyertyán | hornbeam a tree of the genus |
| 3 | Hungarian | gyertya | candle; shoulder stand; spark plug |
| 4 | Chuvash | ҫурта | candle |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | *yārtu | something split off |