Where does “jordiță” come from?

jordiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian joardă, from Hungarian zsorda, from Proto-Slavic žьrdь, from Proto-Indo-European gʰerdʰ- — to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt.

Ancestry of “jordiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianjoardărod, stick
2Hungarianzsorda
3Proto-Slavicžьrdьperch, pole, ricker
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰerdʰ-to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰerdʰ-Every word from Proto-Slavic žьrdьEvery word from Hungarian zsorda