Where does “hârțoagă” come from?

hârțoagă (Romanian) comes from Romanian hârtie, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

hârțoagă (Romanian): bumf / bumph (useless or worthless old papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc.)

Definitions

  1. bumf / bumph (useless or worthless old papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc.)

Ancestry of “hârțoagă”, step by step

hârțoagă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian hârtie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianhârtiepaper
2Greekχαρτίpaper
3Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
4Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
5Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Romanian oagă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianoagă
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης