Where does “iepilă” come from?

iepilă (Romanian) comes from Romanian iapă, from Latin equa, from Latin equus, from Proto-Italic ekwos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éḱwos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁oh₁ḱu- — swift.

iepilă (Romanian): carrying pole

Definitions

  1. carrying pole

Ancestry of “iepilă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiapămare
2Latinequaa mare
3Latinequusa horse; a steed, charger
4Proto-Italicekwoshorse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éḱwosstallion, horse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁oh₁ḱu-swift
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁oh₁ḱu- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éḱwos →Every word from Proto-Italic ekwos →