Where does “cenușerniță” come from?

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

cenușerniță (Romanian): ashtray

Definitions

  1. ashtray

Ancestry of “cenușerniță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancenușăash; cinder
2Vulgar Latincinusiaash
3Latincinus
4Latinciniscold ashes; ruins of a burned city
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱen-to set oneself in motion, arise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱen-Every word from Latin cinisEvery word from Latin cinus