Where does “codroș de pădure” come from?
codroș de pădure (Romanian) comes from Romanian codroș, from Romanian roșu, from Latin russus, from Latin Russia, from Old East Slavic Русь, from Finnish ruotsi, from Proto-Finnic *roocci, from Old Swedish roþs- — to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare.
codroș de pădure (Romanian): common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Definitions
- common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Ancestry of “codroș de pădure”, step by step
codroș de pădure traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian codroș
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | codroș | redstart (Phoenicurus) |
| 2 | Romanian | roșu | red |
| 3 | Latin | russus | red, reddish-brown |
| 4 | Latin | Russia | — |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | Русь | Rus; Ruthenia |
| 6 | Finnish | ruotsi | Swedish |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | *roocci | Swede originally anyone from Roslagen |
| 8 | Old Swedish | roþs- | related to rowing |
| 9 | Old Norse | róðr | rowing |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rōþrą | oar; rudder |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁reh₁- | to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare |