Where does “etichetă” come from?

etichetă (Romanian) comes from French étiqueter, from French étiquette, from Middle French estiquette, from Old French estechier, from Frankish stikkan, from Proto-Germanic stikaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- — to be sharp; to sting.

etichetă (Romanian): label, tag

Definitions

  1. label, tag

Ancestry of “etichetă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchétiqueterlabel
2Frenchétiquettetag, label; etiquette, prescribed behavior
3Middle Frenchestiquettesmall pole; small note
4Old Frenchestechierto attach, stick
5Frankishstikkan—
6Proto-Germanicstikanąto stick; to stab
7Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting

Words derived from “etichetă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stikaną →Every word from Frankish stikkan →