Where does “cenușă” come from?

cenușă (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin cinusia, from Latin cinus, from Latin cinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱen- — to set oneself in motion, arise.

cenușă (Romanian): ash; cinder

Definitions

  1. ash; cinder

Ancestry of “cenușă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latincinusiaash
2Latincinus—
3Latinciniscold ashes; ruins of a burned city
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱen-to set oneself in motion, arise

Words derived from “cenușă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱen- →Every word from Latin cinis →Every word from Latin cinus →
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