Where does “curpeniță” come from?
curpeniță (Romanian) comes from Romanian curpen, from Albanian kurpën, from Albanian kulpër, from Albanian kulp, from Proto-Albanian kulpa.
curpeniță (Romanian): meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
Definitions
- meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
Ancestry of “curpeniță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | curpen | climbing plant or shrub; stem of such a plant |
| 2 | Albanian | kurpën | — |
| 3 | Albanian | kulpër | clematis; children's head garland of clematis... |
| 4 | Albanian | kulp | traveller's joy, old man's beard, virgin's bower |
| 5 | Proto-Albanian | kulpa | — |