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