Where does “clipă” come from?

clipă (Romanian) comes from Romanian clipi, from Old Church Slavonic клепати, from Proto-Slavic klepati — to knock, to clap; to allude, to hint; to accuse.

clipă (Romanian): moment, instant, second

Definitions

  1. moment, instant, second

Ancestry of “clipă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianclipito blink
2Old Church Slavonicклепати—
3Proto-Slavicklepatito knock, to clap; to allude, to hint; to accuse
Every word from Proto-Slavic klepati →Every word from Old Church Slavonic клепати →Every word from Romanian clipi →