Where does “bârnă” come from?
bârnă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian barna, from Hungarian -ít — -ify, added to a noun, adjective, verb or other...
bârnă (Romanian): beam
Ancestry of “bârnă”, step by step
bârnă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian barna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | barna | brown; having dark complexion/skin, tanned;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | -ít | -ify, added to a noun, adjective, verb or other... |
via Old Church Slavonic брьвьно
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | брьвьно | beam |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | brьvьnò | beam |
Words derived from “bârnă”