Where does “Strîmbeanu” come from?

Strîmbeanu (Romanian) comes from Romanian strâmba, from Romanian strâmb, from Vulgar Latin strambus, from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στραβός, from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-.

Ancestry of “Strîmbeanu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianstrâmbato bend, twist, distort, make crooked; to...
2Romanianstrâmbcrooked, bent
3Vulgar Latinstrambussquinting, crosseyed, crooked, distorted
4Latinstrabussquinting, crooked, slanted
5Ancient Greekστραβόςdistorted, oblique; squinting, squint-eyed
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstrebʰ-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-Every word from Ancient Greek στραβόςEvery word from Latin strabus
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