Where does “chirighiță cu obraz alb” come from?

chirighiță cu obraz alb (Romanian) comes from Romanian alb, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

chirighiță cu obraz alb (Romanian): whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)

Definitions

  1. whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)

Ancestry of “chirighiță cu obraz alb”, step by step

chirighiță cu obraz alb traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian alb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianalbwhite; clean, pure, immaculate; the color white
2LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
3Proto-Italicalβoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

via Romanian obraz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianobrazcountenance; cheek; asscheek
2Old Church Slavonicобразъimage; look; sight
3Proto-Slavicobrazъimage, look, sight, form

via Romanian chirighiță

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianchirighiță—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →Every word from Proto-Italic alβos →Every word from Latin Albus →