Where does “barză-albă” come from?
barză-albă (Romanian) comes from Romanian albă, from Vulgar Latin alba, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.
barză-albă (Romanian): white stork
Ancestry of “barză-albă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | albă | feminine singular of alb |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | alba | — |
| 3 | Latin | Albus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | alβos | white |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élbʰos | white |