Where does “manivelă” come from?

manivelă (Romanian) comes from French manivelle, from Old French manevele, from Vulgar Latin manabella, from Latin manicula, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus, from Proto-Indo-European man- — human being; man; hand.

manivelă (Romanian): crank

Definitions

  1. crank

Ancestry of “manivelă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmanivellecrank
2Old Frenchmanevele—
3Vulgar Latinmanabella—
4LatinmaniculaA little hand
5Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
6Proto-Italicmanushand
7Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man- →Every word from Proto-Italic manus →Every word from Latin manus →