Where does “cordișoară” come from?

cordișoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian coardă, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- — bowels, intestines.

Ancestry of “cordișoară”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancoardăcord, rope; string; vein, nerve, tendon,...
2Latinchordacord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut
3Ancient Greekχορδήguts, intestines; string made of gut; string,...
4Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰerH-bowels, intestines
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