Where does “cirezuică” come from?

cirezuică (Romanian) comes from Romanian cireadă, from Church Slavonic чрѣда, from Proto-Slavic čerda, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

Ancestry of “cirezuică”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancireadăherd, flock, drove (of cattle or other horned animals)
2Church Slavonicчрѣда—
3Proto-Slavicčerdafile, herd
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic čerda →Every word from Church Slavonic чрѣда →