Where does “ciocârti” come from?
ciocârti (Romanian) comes from Romanian ciopată, from Hungarian csapat, from Hungarian csap, from German Zapfen, from Middle High German zapfen, from Old High German zapfo, from Frankish tappō, from Proto-Germanic tappô — to share, divide.
ciocârti (Romanian): to hack
Definitions
- to hack
Ancestry of “ciocârti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ciopată | piece of meat |
| 2 | Hungarian | csapat | group, troop, crew, flock; team; troop,... |
| 3 | Hungarian | csap | tap, faucet; spigot, pivot, peg, pin; cone |
| 4 | German | Zapfen | gerund of zapfen; plug, bung, pin, tap, spigot;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | zapfen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zapfo | — |
| 7 | Frankish | tappō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tappô | plug; tap |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |