Where does “bintă” come from?

bintă (Romanian) comes from Italian binda, from Old High German winda, from Proto-Germanic windaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

bintă (Romanian): bitt, bollard

Definitions

  1. bitt, bollard

Ancestry of “bintă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbindajack
2Old High Germanwindawinch
3Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic windaną →Every word from Old High German winda →