Where does “apăraie” come from?

apăraie (Romanian) comes from Romanian apă, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

apăraie (Romanian): freshet

Definitions

  1. freshet

Ancestry of “apăraie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianapăwater
2Latinaquawater
3Proto-Italicakʷāwater
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic akʷā →Every word from Latin aqua →
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