Where does “ciobancă” come from?

ciobancă (Romanian) comes from Romanian cioban, from Ottoman Turkish چوبان, from Persian چوپان, from Pahlavi šubān, from Old Persian fšupāna-, from Old Persian fšu- — sheep.

Ancestry of “ciobancă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianciobanshepherd
2Ottoman Turkishچوبانshepherd
3Persianچوپانshepherd
4Pahlavišubān—
5Old Persianfšupāna-—
6Old Persianfšu-sheep
Every word from Old Persian fšu- →Every word from Old Persian fšupāna- →Every word from Pahlavi šubān →