Where does “creastă” come from?

creastă (Romanian) comes from Latin crista, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

creastă (Romanian): crest; comb; tuft

Definitions

  1. crest; comb; tuft

Ancestry of “creastă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincristathe crest, the plume; the comb or tuft on the...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “creastă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin crista →