Where does “gușă-roșie” come from?
gușă-roșie (Romanian) comes from Romanian gușă, from Vulgar Latin gusia, from Late Latin geusiae, from Gaulish geusi — to pour.
gușă-roșie (Romanian): European robin, robin redbreast
Definitions
- European robin, robin redbreast
Ancestry of “gușă-roșie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | gușă | goiter; crop, maw, gizzard; dewlap, double chin |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | gusia | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | geusiae | throat, maw |
| 4 | Gaulish | geusi | to pour |