Where does “grevă” come from?

grevă (Romanian) comes from French grève, from Vulgar Latin grava, from Gaulish grawa, from Proto-Celtic grāwā, from Proto-Indo-European gʰroh₁weh₂, from Proto-Indo-European gʰreh₁w- — to grind.

grevă (Romanian): strike work stoppage

Definitions

  1. strike work stoppage

Ancestry of “grevă”, step by step

grevă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French grève

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgrèvebank of a river; shore, strand
2Vulgar Latingravasecond-person singular present active imperative...
3Gaulishgrawa
4Proto-Celticgrāwāgravel, pebbles
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰroh₁weh₂
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰreh₁w-to grind

via French grever

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgreverto burden; put a burden on; to put a weight on;...
2Old Frenchgreverto weigh down; to make heavier; to burden; to...
3Latingravōto burden, weigh down, oppress
4Latingravisheavy; troublesome, hard; grave, serious
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
6Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰreh₁w-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰroh₁weh₂Every word from Proto-Celtic grāwā