Where does “cârpă” come from?
cârpă (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian krpa, from Proto-Slavic kъrpa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrˀpāˀ.
cârpă (Romanian): rag; dishcloth; duster
Ancestry of “cârpă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | krpa | rag, tatter; dishcloth, dishtowel; duster |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kъrpa | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *kúrˀpāˀ | — |