Where does “carnaj” come from?
carnaj (Romanian) comes from French carnage, from Middle French carnage, from Old French charnage, from Old French char, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic karros, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sós — to run.
carnaj (Romanian): carnage
Definitions
- carnage
Ancestry of “carnaj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | carnage | carnage (all senses) |
| 2 | Middle French | carnage | a piece of meat used as bait |
| 3 | Old French | charnage | flesh; meat; a meat-based course of a meal |
| 4 | Old French | char | flesh; meat; cart |
| 5 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 6 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |