Where does “cârnăcior” come from?
cârnăcior (Romanian) comes from Romanian cârnat, from Romanian carne, from Latin carnem, from Latin carō, from Proto-Italic karō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
cârnăcior (Romanian): small sausage
Definitions
- small sausage
Ancestry of “cârnăcior”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cârnat | sausage |
| 2 | Romanian | carne | meat; flesh; pulp |
| 3 | Latin | carnem | accusative singular of carō |
| 4 | Latin | carō | flesh, meat of an animal |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | karō | piece, portion; meat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |