Where does “clăcaș” come from?
clăcaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian clacă, from French claquer, from Middle French claquer, from Old French claquer, from Middle Dutch klacken, from Old Dutch klakon, from Proto-Germanic klakōną, from Proto-Indo-European glag- — to call, cry; to sound; to roop, scream, shout.
clăcaș (Romanian): feudal peasant who had to do corvee on the landlord's estate
Definitions
- feudal peasant who had to do corvee on the landlord's estate
Ancestry of “clăcaș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | clacă | corvee |
| 2 | French | claquer | to clack; to clap; to click, to snap |
| 3 | Middle French | claquer | — |
| 4 | Old French | claquer | clap, clack, clatter |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | klacken | to clack, crack, whack, shake |
| 6 | Old Dutch | klakon | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | klakōną | to clap, clack; to chirp, tweet, twitter |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | glag- | to make a noise, clap, twitter; to make a noise,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gal- | to call, cry; to sound; to roop, scream, shout |