Where does “capră-neagră” come from?
capră-neagră (Romanian) comes from Romanian capră, from Latin capra, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.
capră-neagră (Romanian): chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
Definitions
- chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
Ancestry of “capră-neagră”, step by step
capră-neagră traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian capră
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | capră | goat; horse; leap frog |
| 2 | Latin | capra | a she-goat; the odor of armpits; vocative... |
| 3 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | he-goat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |
via Romanian neagră
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | neagră | — |