Where does “bătătorniță” come from?

bătătorniță (Romanian) comes from Romanian bătător, from Romanian bate, from Latin battere, from Latin battuere, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰ- — to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig.

bătătorniță (Romanian): hoary ragwort (Jacobaea erucifolia)

Definitions

  1. hoary ragwort (Jacobaea erucifolia)

Ancestry of “bătătorniță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbătătorcarpet beater
2Romanianbateto beat; to defeat; to strike, hit, punch
3Latinbattere—
4Latinbattuerethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēdʰ-to bend, fold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰedʰ-to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēdʰ- →Every word from Latin battuere →