Where does “hersă” come from?

hersă (Romanian) comes from French herse, from Old French herce, from Latin herpicem, from Latin hirpex, from Latin hirpus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰers- — stiff; surprised.

hersă (Romanian): portcullis

Definitions

  1. portcullis

Ancestry of “hersă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchherseharrow; portcullis; spike strip, road spikes,...
2Old Frenchherce—
3Latinherpicem—
4Latinhirpexharrow
5Latinhirpuswolf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰers-stiff; surprised
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰers- →Every word from Latin hirpus →Every word from Latin hirpex →