Where does “cizmă” come from?
cizmă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian csizma, from Serbo-Croatian čizma, from Ottoman Turkish چیزمه, from Ottoman Turkish چیزمك, from Proto-Mongolic cir-.
cizmă (Romanian): boot
Ancestry of “cizmă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | csizma | boot |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | čizma | boot |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | چیزمه | boot |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | چیزمك | to tear |
| 5 | Proto-Mongolic | cir- | — |