Where does “creițărel” come from?
creițărel (Romanian) comes from Romanian creițar, from Hungarian krajcár, from German Kreuzer, from Dutch kruiser, from Dutch kruisen, from Middle Dutch cruce, from Old Dutch *krūci, from Latin crux — to caw, crow.
Ancestry of “creițărel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | creițar | kreutzer |
| 2 | Hungarian | krajcár | kreuzer |
| 3 | German | Kreuzer | kreuzer; cruiser |
| 4 | Dutch | kruiser | A cruiser |
| 5 | Dutch | kruisen | to cross, intersect; to breed |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | cruce | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | *krūci | — |
| 8 | Latin | crux | wooden frame on which criminals were crucified,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *kruks | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱer- | to caw, crow |