Where does “mânucă” come from?

mânucă (Romanian) comes from Romanian mână, from Vulgar Latin *mana, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus, from Proto-Indo-European man- — human being; man; hand.

Ancestry of “mânucă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmânăhand; third-person singular present subjunctive...
2Vulgar Latin*mana—
3Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
4Proto-Italicmanushand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man- →Every word from Proto-Italic manus →Every word from Latin manus →
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