Where does “cârnat” come from?

cârnat (Romanian) comes 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.

cârnat (Romanian): sausage

Definitions

  1. sausage

Ancestry of “cârnat”, step by step

cârnat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian carne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancarnemeat; flesh; pulp
2Latincarnemaccusative singular of carō
3Latincarōflesh, meat of an animal
4Proto-Italickarōpiece, portion; meat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Vulgar Latin *carnaceum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*carnaceum
2Latincarnismeat, flesh; the body; sapwood
3LatinTaurusTaurus, one of the constellations of the Zodiac
4Ancient GreekΤαῦροςone of the Tauri
5Proto-Hellenictáurosbull
6Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

Words derived from “cârnat

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-