Where does “fluierar de lac” come from?
fluierar de lac (Romanian) comes from Romanian fluierar, from Romanian ar, from Romanian ară, from Latin arō, from Proto-Italic araō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éryeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.
fluierar de lac (Romanian): marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Definitions
- marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Ancestry of “fluierar de lac”, step by step
fluierar de lac traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian fluierar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | fluierar | whistler; piper |
| 2 | Romanian | ar | would; API; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Romanian | ară | to plough |
| 4 | Latin | arō | to plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | araō | to plough |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éryeti | to be ploughing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erh₃- | to plough |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |
via Romanian lác
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | lác | lake |
| 2 | Latin | lacus | a lake, pond, basin; reservoir; a tank, tub, vat,... |
| 3 | New Latin | lacrimalis | — |
| 4 | Latin | lācrima | a tear drop of liquid from crying |
| 5 | Old Latin | dacrima | tear |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *d(r)(k)akrunā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dáḱru- | tears; tear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- | eye bitter |