Where does “chimiraș” come from?
chimiraș (Romanian) comes from Romanian chimir, from Ottoman Turkish كمر, from Persian کمر, from Pahlavi 𐫞𐫖𐫡, from Proto-Iranian kamarā-, from Proto-Iranian kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.
Ancestry of “chimiraș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | chimir | girdle |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | كمر | belt, girdle; arch, arcade, vault, cinter |
| 3 | Persian | کمر | waist; girdle, belt; the middle of a mountain |
| 4 | Pahlavi | 𐫞𐫖𐫡 | — |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |