Where does “cresta” come from?

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

cresta (Romanian): to cut; to notch; to make incisions

Definitions

  1. to cut; to notch; to make incisions

Ancestry of “cresta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancreastăcrest; comb; tuft
2Latincristathe crest, the plume; the comb or tuft on the...
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “cresta”

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