Where does “nestricat” come from?

nestricat (Romanian) comes from Romanian stricat, from Romanian strica, from Latin extrico, from Latin tricae, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

nestricat (Romanian): unbroken

Definitions

  1. unbroken

Ancestry of “nestricat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianstricatbroken, ruined
2Romanianstricato spoil, ruin, damage, mar; to destroy, break
3LatinextricoI disentangle, extricate, free
4Latintricaetrifles, toys, trumpery; hindrances, impediments
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin tricae →Every word from Latin extrico →