Where does “jugușor” come from?

jugușor (Romanian) comes from Romanian jug, from Latin jugum, from Proto-Italic jugom, from Proto-Indo-European yugóm, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

Ancestry of “jugușor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianjugyoke
2LatinjugumAlternative form of iugum; yoke, ridge; a yoke
3Proto-Italicjugomyoke
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyugómyoke
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yugóm →Every word from Proto-Italic jugom →