Where does “iarbă mare” come from?

iarbă mare (Romanian) comes from Romanian mare, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

iarbă mare (Romanian): elecampane (Inula helenium)

Definitions

  1. elecampane (Inula helenium)

Ancestry of “iarbă mare”, step by step

iarbă mare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian mare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmarebig, large, great; great, mighty; sea
2Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
3Proto-Italicmarisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Romanian iarbă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiarbăgrass; herb
2Latinherbagrass, herbage; herb; weeds
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Italic mari →