Where does “cârpă” come from?

cârpă (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian krpa, from Proto-Slavic kъrpa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrˀpāˀ — shoe.

cârpă (Romanian): rag; dishcloth; duster

Definitions

  1. rag; dishcloth; duster

Ancestry of “cârpă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiankrparag, tatter; dishcloth, dishtowel; duster
2Proto-Slavickъrpapiece of cloth
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*kúrˀpāˀshoe

Words derived from “cârpă”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrˀpāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic kъrpa →Every word from Serbo-Croatian krpa →