Where does “Suharău” come from?

Suharău (Romanian) comes from Old East Slavic ровъ, from Proto-Slavic rovъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic rawas, from Proto-Indo-European (H)rewH- — to dig out, to root.

Ancestry of “Suharău”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicровъ
2Proto-Slavicrovъditch; pitch
3Proto-Balto-Slavicrawas
4Proto-Indo-European(H)rewH-to dig out, to root
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (H)rewH-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic rawasEvery word from Proto-Slavic rovъ