Where does “ațișoară” come from?

ațișoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian ață, from Latin acia, from Latin aciēs, from Latin aceō, from Proto-Italic akēō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

ațișoară (Romanian): small string

Definitions

  1. small string

Ancestry of “ațișoară”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianațăthread, string
2Latinaciathread, yarn
3Latinaciēssharp edge or point
4Latinaceōto be sour
5Proto-Italicakēōbe sharp-tasting, be sour
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →