Where does “buturugă” come from?
buturugă (Romanian) comes from Romanian tumurug, from Ottoman Turkish طومروق — log, any bulky piece cut from a tree, used as timber, fuel, etc.
buturugă (Romanian): stump; stub
Definitions
- stump; stub
Ancestry of “buturugă”, step by step
buturugă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian tumurug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | tumurug | beam |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | طومروق | log, any bulky piece cut from a tree, used as timber, fuel, etc |
via Romanian butură
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | butură | log |