Where does “cămașă” come from?

cămașă (Romanian) comes from Latin camisia, from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi, from Proto-Germanic hamō, from Proto-Germanic hamô, from Proto-Indo-European ḱem- — to cover, conceal; hornless.

cămașă (Romanian): shirt

Definitions

  1. shirt

Ancestry of “cămașă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincamisiashirt; nightgown; alb
2Proto-West Germanic*hamiþishirt
3Proto-Germanichamōshape, physical form
4Proto-Germanichamôcover, skin; clothes, skirt, fishnet; harness,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱem-to cover, conceal; hornless

Words derived from “cămașă

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱem-