Where does “clăpiță” come from?
clăpiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian clapă, from German klappe, from Russian клапан, from German klappen, from Middle Low German klappen, from Old Dutch klappon, from Proto-Germanic klappōną — To strike or pound; To make loud noises,...
Ancestry of “clăpiță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | clapă | key |
| 2 | German | klappe | inflection of klappen: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Russian | клапан | кла́пан • m inan; valve; vent, stop |
| 4 | German | klappen | to clap; to fold; to flip; to bend; to work out,... |
| 5 | Middle Low German | klappen | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | klappon | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | klappōną | To strike or pound; To make loud noises,... |