Where does “Izvoru de Sus” come from?
Izvoru de Sus (Romanian) comes from Romanian izvor, from Proto-Slavic jьzvorъ, from Proto-Slavic verťi, from Latin vertere, from Latin verto, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
Ancestry of “Izvoru de Sus”, step by step
Izvoru de Sus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian izvor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | izvor | spring; fountain; origin, source |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | jьzvorъ | (of water) spring, stream, well |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | verťi | to roll, turn; to throw, cast |
| 4 | Latin | vertere | inflection of vertō: ## third-person plural... |
| 5 | Latin | verto | I turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |