Where does “Vadu Crișului” come from?

Vadu Crișului (Romanian) comes from Romanian vad, from Latin vadum, from Proto-Italic waðom, from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom.

Ancestry of “Vadu Crișului”, step by step

Vadu Crișului traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian vad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvadford
2LatinvadumA shallow, ford, shoal; A body of water; sea,...
3Proto-Italicwaðomford, shallow water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwadʰom—

via Romanian Criș

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianCriș—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom →Every word from Proto-Italic waðom →Every word from Latin vadum →