Where does “cordaj” come from?

cordaj (Romanian) comes from French cordage, from French corde, from Middle French corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- — bowels, intestines.

cordaj (Romanian): cordage

Definitions

  1. cordage

Ancestry of “cordaj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcordagerope
2Frenchcorderope; chord; line
3Middle Frenchcorderope
4Old Frenchcorderope
5Latinchordacord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut
6Ancient Greekχορδήguts, intestines; string made of gut; string,...
7Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰerH-bowels, intestines
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-
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