Where does “cernătură” come from?
cernătură (Romanian) comes from Romanian cerne, from Latin cernō, from Proto-Italic krinō, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.
cernătură (Romanian): what was sifted through a sieve
Definitions
- what was sifted through a sieve
Ancestry of “cernătură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | cerne | to sift; to discern; to screen, sort |
| 2 | Latin | cernō | to distinguish, divide, separate, sift |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | krinō | sift, separate; distinguish, discern; decide |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |