Where does “clăcușoară” come from?
clăcușoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian clăcaș, 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 — to call, cry; to sound; to roop, scream, shout.
Ancestry of “clăcușoară”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | clăcaș | feudal peasant who had to do corvee on the landlord's estate |
| 2 | Romanian | clacă | corvee |
| 3 | French | claquer | to clack; to clap; to click, to snap |
| 4 | Middle French | claquer | — |
| 5 | Old French | claquer | clap, clack, clatter |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | klacken | to clack, crack, whack, shake |
| 7 | Old Dutch | klakon | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | klakōną | to clap, clack; to chirp, tweet, twitter |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | glag- | to make a noise, clap, twitter; to make a noise,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gal- | to call, cry; to sound; to roop, scream, shout |