Where does “funar” come from?

funar (Romanian) comes 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.

funar (Romanian): ropemaker

Definitions

  1. ropemaker

Ancestry of “funar”, step by step

funar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian ar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianarwould; API; first-person singular present...
2Romanianarăto plough
3Latinarōto plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage
4Proto-Italicaraōto plough
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éryetito be ploughing
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erh₃-to plough
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Romanian funie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfunierope, cord
2Latinfūnisrope, cord, line
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂erh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éryeti →