Where does “brânca-ursului” come from?

brânca-ursului (Romanian) comes from Romanian ursului, from Romanian urs, from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orsos.

brânca-ursului (Romanian): hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

Definitions

  1. hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

Ancestry of “brânca-ursului”, step by step

brânca-ursului traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian ursului

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianursului
2Romanianursbear
3Latinursusa bear
4Proto-Italic*orsos

via Romanian brânca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbrâncahand, paw
Every word from Proto-Italic *orsos