Where does “hămăitură” come from?

hămăitură (Romanian) comes from Romanian hămăi, from Romanian ham, from Hungarian hám, from Hungarian hámoz, from Proto-Uralic kämä — hard, firm.

hămăitură (Romanian): bark

Definitions

  1. bark

Ancestry of “hămăitură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianhămăito bark, to yap
2Romanianhamharness; woof, the sound a barking dog makes
3Hungarianhámharness; epithelium
4Hungarianhámozto peel
5Proto-Uralickämähard, firm
Every word from Proto-Uralic kämäEvery word from Hungarian hámozEvery word from Hungarian hám
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