Where does “berbeci” come from?

berbeci (Romanian) comes from Romanian i, from Old Church Slavonic и, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.

berbeci (Romanian): to hit, to ram

Definitions

  1. to hit, to ram

Ancestry of “berbeci”, step by step

berbeci traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiand
2Old Church Slavonicиand; him
3Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
4Proto-Balto-Slaviciśthis
5Old Polishićto go
6Proto-Slavicjьtito go
7Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Romanian berbec

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianberbecram
2Latinberbēx—
3Latinvervēxwether
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwr̥h₁ḗnlamb in general, or more probably only the male,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei →