Where does “ciurar” come from?
ciurar (Romanian) comes from Romanian ciur, from Vulgar Latin cibrum, from Latin crībrum, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
ciurar (Romanian): sieve-maker
Definitions
- sieve-maker
Ancestry of “ciurar”, step by step
ciurar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian ciur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ciur | sieve, sifter, strainer, screen, tammy, riddle |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | cibrum | — |
| 3 | Latin | crībrum | sieve, riddle, winnow |
| 4 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 5 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Romanian ar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ar | would; API; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Romanian | ară | to plough |
| 3 | Latin | arō | to plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | araō | to plough |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éryeti | to be ploughing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erh₃- | to plough |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |