Where does “birău” come from?

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

birău (Romanian): mayor of a village

Definitions

  1. mayor of a village

Ancestry of “birău”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbírópresent participle of bír; judge; referee, umpire
2Hungarianbírto endure, to stand, to bear, to cope with...
3Proto-Turkicbuyur-to order

Words derived from “birău”

Every word from Proto-Turkic buyur- →Every word from Hungarian bír →Every word from Hungarian bíró →