Where does “izvor” come from?

izvor (Romanian) comes from Proto-Slavic jьzvorъ, from Proto-Slavic verťi, from Latin vertere, from Latin verto, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

izvor (Romanian): spring; fountain; origin, source

Definitions

  1. spring; fountain; origin, source

Ancestry of “izvor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicjьzvorъ(of water) spring, stream, well
2Proto-Slavicverťito roll, turn; to throw, cast
3Latinvertereinflection of vertō: ## third-person plural...
4LatinvertoI turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse
5Proto-Italicwertōto turn
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “izvor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Italic wertō →