Where does “lânăriță” come from?

lânăriță (Romanian) comes from Romanian lână, from Latin lāna, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

lânăriță (Romanian): cottongrass (Eriophorum)

Definitions

  1. cottongrass (Eriophorum)

Ancestry of “lânăriță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlânăwool
2Latinlānawool
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂wool
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ →Every word from Latin lāna →