Where does “cumpăioară” come from?
cumpăioară (Romanian) comes from Romanian cumpănă, from Old Church Slavonic кѫпона, from Latin Campāna, from Latin Campānus, from Latin campānia, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.
Ancestry of “cumpăioară”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cumpănă | balance, scales; equilibrium; measure |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | кѫпона | — |
| 3 | Latin | Campāna | a large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples |
| 4 | Latin | Campānus | Campanian of or belonging to |
| 5 | Latin | campānia | — |
| 6 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |