Where does “cuneiformă” come from?

cuneiformă (Romanian) comes from French cunéiforme, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

cuneiformă (Romanian): cuneiform

Definitions

  1. cuneiform

Ancestry of “cuneiformă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcunéiformecuneiform; cuneiform; wedgelike
2Latincuneuswedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ḱūsting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū →Every word from Latin cuneus →