Where does “Mânăscurtă” come from?

Mânăscurtă (Romanian) comes from Romanian mână, from Vulgar Latin *mana, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus, from Proto-Indo-European man- — human being; man; hand.

Ancestry of “Mânăscurtă”, step by step

Mânăscurtă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian mână

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmânăhand; third-person singular present subjunctive...
2Vulgar Latin*mana—
3Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
4Proto-Italicmanushand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

via Romanian scurt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscurtshort; brief
2Vulgar Latinexcurtus—
3Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man- →Every word from Proto-Italic manus →Every word from Latin manus →