Where does “etravă” come from?

etravă (Romanian) comes from French étrave, from Old Norse stafn, from Proto-Germanic stamniz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

etravă (Romanian): stem

Definitions

  1. stem

Ancestry of “etravă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchétravestem
2Old Norsestafnstem
3Proto-Germanicstamnizstem, tree stalk
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stamniz →Every word from Old Norse stafn →