Where does “cărpinaș” come from?

cărpinaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian carpen, from Latin carpinus, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er-.

cărpinaș (Romanian): small hornbeam

Definitions

  1. small hornbeam

Ancestry of “cărpinaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancarpenhornbeam
2LatincarpinusHornbeam; European hornbeam; a variety of...
3Proto-Indo-European*kh₂er-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- →Every word from Latin carpinus →Every word from Romanian carpen →