Where does “lăutar” come from?
lăutar (Romanian) comes from Romanian ar, from Romanian ară, from Latin arō, from Proto-Italic araō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éryeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.
lăutar (Romanian): fiddler, musician; manele singer
Definitions
- fiddler, musician; manele singer
Ancestry of “lăutar”, step by step
lăutar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian ar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ar | would; API; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Romanian | ară | to plough |
| 3 | Latin | arō | to plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | araō | to plough |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éryeti | to be ploughing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erh₃- | to plough |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |
via Romanian lăută
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | lăută | lute |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | لاؤطه | lavta, laouto, lute |
| 3 | Arabic | عود | wood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig |
| 4 | Arabic | عَادَ | to return, go back |
| 5 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 6 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 7 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |