Where does “birăiaș” come from?

birăiaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian birău, from Hungarian bíró, from Hungarian bír, from Proto-Turkic buyur- — to order.

Ancestry of “birăiaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbirăumayor of a village
2Hungarianbírópresent participle of bír; judge; referee, umpire
3Hungarianbírto endure, to stand, to bear, to cope with...
4Proto-Turkicbuyur-to order
Every word from Proto-Turkic buyur-Every word from Hungarian bírEvery word from Hungarian bíró
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