Where does “guriță” come from?

guriță (Romanian) comes from Romanian gură, from Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European gʷel-, from Proto-Indo-European kel- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.

guriță (Romanian): Diminutive of gură: little mouth; a kiss

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of gură: little mouth; a kiss

Ancestry of “guriță”, step by step

guriță traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian gură

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniangurămouth; mouthful
2Latingulagullet, throat, palate; gluttony, greediness;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷel-throat; to swallow; throat; to dribble; gush...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet

via Romanian iță

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianițăeach of the threads that make up the warp on a...
2Latinlicianominative plural of līcium; accusative plural of...
3Latinliciumloop in the texture woven, through which the...

Words derived from “guriță”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷel- →Every word from Latin gula →